No Permanent Partial Disability Award for Worker

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to a permanent partial disability award. Case: Hill v. Marshall County Coal Resources, No. 26-ICA-99, 09/25/2026, published. Facts: Ryan Hill worked for Marshall County Coal Resources. He went to the hospital in April 2024, complaining of head and neck pain after having struck his head at work the day earlier. A computed tomography scan of Hill’s cervical spine revealed mild C4-C5 and C5-C6 degenerative disc disease and no acute fracture. A CT scan of the brain and a chest X-ray d...