This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing was held on September 10, 2002. The hearing officer determined that (1) the compensable injury of _____________, does not extend to include injuries to the neck and left shoulder; and (2) the appellant (claimant) did not have disability from the compensable injury. The claimant appeals the determinations on sufficiency of the evidence grounds. In its response, the respondent (carrier) urges affirmance.
DECISION
Affirmed.
The hearing officer did not err in determining that the claimant’s compensable injury did not include injuries to the neck and left shoulder and that he did not have disability, as a result of his compensable left wrist injury. Those issues presented questions of fact for the hearing officer to resolve. The hearing officer is the sole judge of the weight and credibility of the evidence. Section 410.165(a). As the fact finder, the hearing officer resolves the conflicts and inconsistencies in the evidence and decides what facts the evidence has established. Texas Employers Ins. Ass’n v. Campos, 666 S.W.2d 286 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1984, no writ). The hearing officer was not persuaded that the claimant sustained his burden of proving that his compensable injury included the neck and left shoulder or that he had disability as a result of his compensable left wrist injury, as opposed to the termination of his employment. Nothing in our review of the record reveals that the challenged determinations are so against the great weight of the evidence as to be clearly wrong or manifestly unjust. Accordingly, no sound basis exists for us to reverse the extent-of-injury and disability determinations on appeal. Cain v. Bain, 709 S.W.2d 175 (Tex. 1986).
The decision and order of the hearing officer are affirmed.
The true corporate name of the carrier is UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY and the name and address of its registered agent for service of process is
GARY SUDOL
ZURICH NORTH AMERICA
12222 MERIT DRIVE
DALLAS, TEXAS 75251.
Elaine M. Chaney
CONCUR:
Veronica L. Ruberto – Appeals Judge
Robert W. Potts – Appeals Judge