Forming Contractors v. Castro

This worker’s compensation appeal comes to us from a JCC’s award of prescription and equipment costs related to claimant’s bronchial asthma. The appel-lee, Fulgencio Castro, suffered a compen-sable workplace accident in 1982 when he fell from a ladder. In 1983, the Employer/Carrier (E/C) authorized appellee’s back and ulner nerve surgery. The E/C later authorized nasal surgery in 1989. Soon after this surgery, appellee saw Dr. Jose Landa for treatment related to his difficulty in breathing. Dr. Landa diagnosed appellee with bronchial asthma and found this condition a result of his earlier…