Neitzert v New Bloomfield
Release Date Oct 30 2024
Venue: Callaway County
The Commission 2-1 affirms an award of 15% BAW for a back strain while trying to move a drill press and found claimant's need for surgery flowed from subsequent degenerative conditions and not from the work injury based on the expert opinion of Dr. Chabot. A dissent asserted because claimant denied priors, that all benefits including PTD flowed from her admitted back strain and escalated years later into a need for surgery.
ALJ Farmer
