Court Overturns Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim, Upholds PPD Award

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a worker’s request to add compensable conditions to her claim but upheld her 10% permanent partial disability award. Case: Lyons-Rochetti v. Bluefield State University, Nos. 25-ICA-214 and 25-ICA-233, 02/03/2026, published. Facts: Stephanie Lyons-Rochetti worked for Bluefield State University. After Lyons-Rochetti suffered a workplace accident, the university’s insurance carrier accepted liability for sprains of the left shoulder, elbow and wrist. In October 2019, a magnetic resonance arthrog...