Worker Gets PTD Benefits After Symptoms Shift From Left Side of Body to Right

The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a worker who experienced issues on his left side after a back injury before symptoms shifted to his right side after surgery. Craig Ivester worked for XPO Logistics. He reported back pain after offloading weight from a tractor-trailer in June 2016. A magnetic resonance imaging scan showed that Ivester had a disc protrusion at the L5-S1. He underwent surgery to address the condition in October 2021. Dr. Stanley Mathew provided Ivester with pain management for his lower back after surgery. Mathew re...