Worker Can't Get Pain Management Referral, Expansion of Claim

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of a pain management referral and expansion of a worker’s claim. Case: Beavers v. McDowell County Board of Education, No. 21-1005, 09/14/2023, published. Facts: Pamela H. Beavers worked as a secretary for the McDowell County Board of Education. She filed a report of injury stating she had hurt herself in a fall in the parking lot of the high school at which she worked. Physician assistant Kelly Belt signed the report of injury, stating Beavers had sustained blunt force trauma to her right arm and shoulder. Beavers had X-rays taken, and ...