After surgery, medical evidence showed that Mooney’s work-related radiculopathy had combined with those preexisting cervical conditions. On May 5, 2021, Legacy Health amended its acceptance to cover the combined condition, folding in the preexisting fusion, Brown-Sequard Syndrome, and cervical spondylosis at C6-7. Then, just one day later on May 6, 2021, the employer turned around and denied that same combined condition, pointing to medical opinions that the surgery had resolved the radiculopathy and it was no longer the main driver of Mooney’s disability or treatment needs.
Oregon court upholds workers’ comp denial of nurse’s combined condition claim
By Awais
