{"id":"full_commission-H205903-2024-06-04","awcc_number":"H205903","decision_date":"2024-06-04","opinion_type":"full_commission","claimant_name":"Tracy Decker","employer_name":"White River Health System Inc","title":"DECKER VS. WHITE RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM INC. AWCC# H205903 JUNE 4, 2024","outcome":"affirmed","outcome_keywords":["affirmed:3"],"injury_keywords":["ankle"],"pdf_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Decker_Tracy_H205903_20240604.pdf","source_index_url":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/","filename":"Decker_Tracy_H205903_20240604.pdf","text_length":2486,"full_text":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION \n \nBEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION \n \nCLAIM NO. H205903 \n \nTRACY D. DECKER, EMPLOYEE    CLAIMANT \n \nWHITE RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM INC.,  \nEMPLOYER                                                                           RESPONDENT \n \nRISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES \nINSURANCE CARRIER/TPA                                                 RESPONDENT \n \nOPINION FILED JUNE 4, 2024 \n \nUpon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Little Rock, Pulaski County, \nArkansas. \n \nClaimant represented by the HONORABLE FREDERICK S. “RICK” \nSPENCER, Attorney at Law, Mountain Home, Arkansas. \n \nRespondents represented by the HONORABLE KENNETH P. “CASEY” \nCASTLEBERRY, Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas. \n \nDecision of Administrative Law Judge:  Affirmed and Adopted. \n \nOPINION AND ORDER \n Claimant appeals an opinion and order of the Administrative Law \nJudge filed March 26, 2024. In said order, the Administrative Law Judge \nmade the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: \n1. The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission \nhas jurisdiction over this claim.  \n \n2. That an employer/employee/carrier relationship existed \non November 15th, 2021, and at all relevant times. \n \n3. That the claimant has failed to satisfy the required \nburden of proof to show that she sustained a gradual \n\n \nDecker-H205903    2  \n \n \nonset injury to her right ankle that was related to her \nwork.  \n \n4. That, consequently, all other issues are moot.  \n \n5. If not already paid, the respondents are ordered to pay \nfor the cost of the transcript forthwith. \n \n We have carefully conducted a de novo review of the entire record \nherein and it is our opinion that the Administrative Law Judge's decision is \nsupported by a preponderance of the credible evidence, correctly applies \nthe law, and should be affirmed. Specifically, we find from a preponderance \nof the evidence that the findings of fact made by the Administrative Law \nJudge are correct and they are, therefore, adopted by the Full Commission.  \n Therefore, we affirm and adopt the March 26, 2024 decision of the \nAdministrative Law Judge, including all findings and conclusions therein, as \nthe decision of the Full Commission on appeal.  \n IT IS SO ORDERED. \n    ___________________________________ \n    SCOTTY DALE DOUTHIT, Chairman \n \n    ___________________________________ \n    M. SCOTT WILLHITE, Commissioner \n \n    ___________________________________ \n    MICHAEL R. MAYTON, Commissioner","preview":"NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE THE ARKANSAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION CLAIM NO. H205903 TRACY D. DECKER, EMPLOYEE CLAIMANT WHITE RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM INC., EMPLOYER RESPONDENT RISK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES INSURANCE CARRIER/TPA RESPONDENT OPINION FILED JUNE 4, 2024 Upon review before the FULL COMMISSION in Lit...","fetched_at":"2026-05-19T22:29:45.264Z","links":{"html":"/opinions/full_commission-H205903-2024-06-04","pdf":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Decker_Tracy_H205903_20240604.pdf","source_publisher":"https://labor.arkansas.gov/workers-comp/awcc-opinions/full-commission-opinions/"}}