West Virginia United Health Systems v. Tammy Price

Summary

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed a Board of Review decision holding lumbar strain, thoracic strain, and sacroiliac sprain compensable components of Tammy Price’s workers’ compensation claim. The court also upheld payment for medical treatment received on December 19, 2016, concluding that the conditions and treatment remained causally related to the February 5, 2016, workplace injury.

Holdings

1. The additional diagnoses of lumbar strain, thoracic strain, and sacroiliac sprain were compensable components of Price’s February 5, 2016 workplace-injury claim.
2. Because the lumbar, thoracic, and sacroiliac conditions were compensable, the medical treatment received on December 19, 2016 was also compensable.

Questions Presented

1. Whether lumbar strain, thoracic strain, and sacroiliac sprain were compensable components of Price’s February 5, 2016 workers’ compensation claim.
2. Whether medical treatment received on December 19, 2016 was causally related to the compensable workplace injury and therefore payable.

Disposition

affirmed