Mullins v. Industrial Commission

EUBANK, Judge.

This case presents the question of whether an industrial claimant, who refuses to undergo exploratory surgery and who refuses or neglects to participate in 'a (work) rehabilitation program and who ' subsequently receives an award. denying permanent compensation due primarily to his lack of cooperation, is entitled’to' have the award set aside because of an alleged subsequent ameliorative change of heart concerning the surgery and rehabilitation.

The petitioner, Roscoe P. Mullins, was injured on September 16, 1967, when. he sustained an injury to the lower portion ,of his back’ in…