Impairment Rating for Pain Didn't Establish That Worker Had Lost Use of Foot

The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to benefits from the state Second Injury Fund, since he failed to prove a condition that pre-dated his most recent industrial injury resulted in the loss of use of his foot. Case: Ginther v. Second Injury Fund, No. 17-0867, 06/06/2018, published. Facts: Ronald Ginther began working for Iltens Inc. in 1987. In June 1996, he went to see the doctor with complaints of pain in his heel and a strain in the arch of his right foot. Ginther reported that the pain had begun in April 1996 after he jumped from a delivery truck and land...