Employer Can't Relitigate Reasonableness of Worker's Mileage for Treatment

The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could not relitigate the reasonableness of a worker’s mileage expenses from traveling to see a chiropractor 78 miles from his home. John Edelblute injured his back while working for Edelblute’s Service Center in 1977. The Workers’ Compensation Commission issued an award of lifetime medical benefits for his injury. Since 1989, Edelblute has continuously received chiropractic treatment from Eric Bryant in Chesapeake. In 2013, Edelblute moved from Chesapeake to Chesterfield, but he continued to see Bryant for chiroprac...