APD 980238
This appeal is brought pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing was held in (City), Texas, on January 5, 1998, with (hearing officer) presiding as hearing officer. The issues were is the respondent/cross-appellant’s (claimant) psychological condition a result of the compensable […]
APD 980101
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held on December 18, 1997. She (hearing officer) determined that (Dr. C) was not an agreed designated doctor and that the respondent (claimant) did not waive his right to […]
APD 980094
This appeal is brought pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held, on December 5, 1997. She (hearing officer) determined that the appellant (claimant) was not injured in the course and scope of his employment on ________, and that […]
APD 980126
A contested case hearing (CCH) was originally held in (City 1), on September 5, 1995, under the provisions of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB CODE ANN. §’ 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act), with hearing officer. In Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission Appeal No. 961231, decided August 7, 1996, the Appeals Panel reversed the finding […]
APD 980037
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held on December 2, 1997. The issues at the CCH involved whether claimant’s psychological disorder would be compensable, and this was phrased as whether her compensable injury was a […]
APD 980054
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held on December 9, 1997. The hearing officer determined that the sole issue for resolution was the question of the appellant’s (claimant) average weekly wage (AWW). After the close […]
APD 972651
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 November 6, 1997. With respect to the issues before her, the hearing officer determined that the appellant (claimant) did not sustain a compensable injury to his low back […]
APD 972042
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held on April 2, 1997. With regard to the issue at the CCH, the hearing) officer determined that the appellant (claimant) did not sustain a compensable occupational disease injury […]
APD 970121
This appeal arises under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). On December 17, 1996, a contested case hearing (CCH) was held in (city), Texas, with (hearing officer) presiding. There was no appearance at the CCH by the appellant (carrier) and after an eleven-minute hearing, the hearing […]
APD 962112
The Appeals Panel affirmed the hearing officer’s decision that the carrier did not specifically contest compensability of the claimed injury under Section 409.022 and Rule 124.6. The Panel held that the reasons stated on the carrier’s TWCC-21 were conclusory and insufficient to constitute a valid contest of compensability, amounting only to an assertion of incomplete medical evidence. Although the Panel expressed concern about how the issue was added, it found no reversible error because the carrier failed to preserve the complaint.