The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 4% permanent partial disability award to an injured nurse with preexisting lumbar spine conditions.
Case: Epling v. Chancellor Health Partners Inc., No. 20-0941, 03/23/2022, published.
Facts: Regina Epling worked for Chancellor Health Partners Inc. as a licensed practical nurse. She suffered from lumbar spine conditions before she injured her back while assisting a patient.
A magnetic resonance imaging scan from May 2014, several years before the injury, showed severe central canal stenosis and bilateral neural foraminal stenosis at L4-5 with disc bu...
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