Substantial evidence supported a decision to award a lower impairment rating strictly based on a table about spinal impairment in the Fourth Edition of the AMA Guides, the Arkansas Court of Appeals concluded. Case: Vangilder v. Anchor Packaging, Inc., No. CA10-1225, 3/30/11. Published.Facts: Jennifer Vangilder, an assembly line worker at Anchor Packaging‘s plant in Marmaduke, Ark., was injured while boxing rolls of plastic in February 2009. She underwent a two-level diskectomy with fusion, which was performed by Dr. Robert Abraham. The employer controverted her initial workers’ com...
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