No Additional Benefits for Worker Who Couldn't Link Fibromyalgia to Work Injury

The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that substantial evidence supported a denial of additional benefits for a worker for a worsening of her fibromyalgia symptoms, since she failed to prove the change was causally  related to an industrial injury. Case: Orris v. College Community School District, No. 17-0742, 01/10/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: April Orris worked for the College Community School District. She filed a workers’ compensation claim after suffering an on-the-job injury in May 2005. In 2008, the Iowa Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent p...