Panel Says Worker Can Get Benefits for Exacerbation of Pre-Existing Arthritis

The Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a factory worker was entitled to permanent partial disability benefits for the industrial exacerbation of her pre-existing arthritic condition in her knee. Case: Waters v. General Motors, No. M2015-01429-SC-R3-WC, 08/19/2016, published. Facts: Anniedene Waters filed a workers' compensation claim in August 2014, seeking benefits for a disability caused by osteoarthritis. Doctors had diagnosed her with arthritis in her knee in 2002, before she started working on a General Motors assembly line in 20...