Worker Gets 13% PPD Award for Wrist Injury

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 13% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s wrist injury. Case: Murray American Energy Inc. v. Gasvoda, No. 25-ICA-78, 10/24/2025, published. Facts: Joseph Gasvoda worked for Murray American Energy Inc. He injured his wrist at work in June 2019. A claims administrator for Murray’s insurance carrier accepted liability for a wrist sprain. In June 2019, Gasvoda underwent a magnetic resonance imaging scan. Gasvoda had a scapholunate ligament injury and scaphoid fracture nonunion when he was younger. The MRI show...