Green, 021420 ARWC, G506753

• Case Date: February 14, 2020
• Court: Kansas

LaJUANA M. GREEN, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, EMPLOYER RESPONDENT #1 ARKANSAS SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT #1 DEATH & PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND RESPONDENT #2 No. G506753 Arkansas Workers Compensation Before the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission February 14, 2020          Hearing before Chief Administrative Law Judge Barbara W. Webb on November 19, 2019, at Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.           Claimant appeared pro se.           Respondents No. 1 were represented by Jarrod Parrish, Attorney-at-Law, Worley, Wood and Parrish, Little Rock, Arkansas.           Respondents No. 2 were represented by Christy King, Attorney-at-Law, Little Rock, Arkansas (Appearance Waived).           BARBARA W. WEBB, Chief Administrative Law Judge.          STATEMENT OF THE CASE          A hearing was held in this case before Chief Administrative Law Judge Barbara Webb on November 19, 2019. A Prehearing Order was entered in this case on October 9, 2019. The Prehearing Order set forth the stipulations offered by the parties and outlined the issues to be litigated and resolved at this hearing. A copy of the Prehearing Order was made “Commission’s Exhibit No. 1” to the hearing record. The following stipulations as submitted by the parties in the Prehearing Order are hereby accepted:

1. The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission has jurisdiction of this claim.

2. The employment relationship existed at all times pertinent, to include April 19, 2012, when the Claimant sustained a compensable injury to her back.

3. The Opinion of the Full Commission dated January 18, 2019, is law of the case.

         By agreement of the parties, the primary issue for determination is whether the claimant is entitled to additional medical treatment and benefits.          Claimant contended, in summary, that she continues to require medical treatment in connection with her April 19, 2012, back injury and that the respondent has denied further medical treatment.          Respondents’ No 1 contends that all appropriate benefits have been paid with regard to this matter. Respondents No. 1 further contend that the Claimant has been placed at maximum medical improvement on at least three (3) different occasions, and that additional medical treatment beyond April 5, 2019, is not reasonable and necessary. Respondents No. 1 contend that there is no recommendation for additional treatment after Dr. Paulus’s most recent MMI determination and that the medical documentation does not support the need for additional medical treatment or entitlement to additional indemnity benefits.          The record consists of a one (1) volume transcript of the November 19, 2019, hearing, consisting of the testimony of Lajuana Green, and all documentary evidence consisting of “Commission’s Exhibit No. 1” (Prehearing Order and Responses); “Joint Exhibit No. 1” (Change of Physician Order); “Claimant’s Exhibit No. 1” (Medical Reports with Index); “Respondent’s Exhibit No. 1” (Respondent’s Medical Reports with Abstract); “Respondent’s Exhibit No. 2” (Respondent’s Non-Medical Forms and Correspondence). In addition, the transcript from the November 17, 2018, hearing has been incorporated into the record by reference.          DISCUSSION          LaJuana Green, the claimant, is fifty-five...