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Bockness v. Brown Jug Inc.5/28/1999
"Dr. Ferris's treatment, although controversial, is recognized by the medical community. Therefore, we find his treatment, if applied properly, to be reasonable and necessary, and therefore compensable."
But the Board also had before it the medical opinion of two other physicians who disagreed with Dr. Ferris's assessment and treatment of Bockness. With reference to trigger point injections, Dr. Horning, citing medical authority, expressed his belief that such injections have not satisfactorily been proven effective. Dr. Horning testified that, while trigger point and epidural injections might be reasonable to try briefly, such injections should not extend beyond a six-week period and that nothing in the medical literature supported continuing beyond that period without tremendous improvement by the patient. He concluded that only the first two injections received by Bockness were medically indicated. Dr. Hadley also concluded that neither epidural injections, trigger point injections, nor the medications prescribed by Dr. Ferris were medically indicated for Bockness. Both Dr. Horner and Dr. Hadley found that the referral tests recommended by Dr. Ferris were not medically indicated. The Board relied on these two opinions to conclude that only six weeks of Dr. Ferris's treatments, and not his referrals, were compensable. Thus, the Board had substantial evidence to support its finding.
V. CONCLUSION
Because the Board correctly applied the law to Bockness's claim and because substantial evidence exists to support the Board's decision, we AFFIRM.
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