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WINSLOW v. D & B MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS3/15/2000
that the Commission determined to be unnecessary medical treatment.
We affirm the Commission's decisions when they are supported by substantial evidence. Substantial evidence is relevant evidence which a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion. Patterson v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 66 Ark. App. 159, 992 S.W.2d 130 (1999). I am mindful that we do not reverse the Commission unless fair-minded persons considering the same facts would not have reached the same conclusion. Id. Here the Commission ignored the results of medical testing and the recommendations of all the medical providers except Dr. Feild, and centered their finding on the premises that the appellant was addicted to prescription pain medication.
The decision in this case holds that an employee who suffers a work-related injury resulting in a herniated disc and nerve root impingement is not entitled to have the disc removed nor the impinged root excised. I do not believe that an employer is relieved of the obligation to pay for medical treatment for a work-related injury simply because the treatment was unsuccessful.
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