Supreme Court Upholds Denial of PPD for Worker With COVID-19 Complications

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to a worker for her COVID-19 infection and post-COVID syndrome. Case: Blevins v. Princeton Community Hospital Association, No. 25-208, 09/10/2025, published. Facts: In November 2016, a physician assistant diagnosed Brenda Blevins with bronchitis. The physician assistant expressed suspicion that Blevins had underlying asthma and referred her to an allergy and asthma specialist. In December 2016, Blevins saw Dr. Tarun M. Kumar, who diagnosed intermittent asthma, allergic rhinitis due to animal hair and da...