W.C. No. 4-240-952Industrial Claim Appeals Office.
February 27, 1998
FINAL ORDER
This matter has been remanded pursuant to an order of the Court of Appeals dated April 24, 1997. Mandate issued February 17, 1998. The court set aside part of our Corrected Order dated June 20, 1996, which affirmed an award of medical benefits for certain office equipment.
The court held that the record does not support a finding that the copyholder and wrist rests prescribed by the claimant’s attending physician are medical in nature or incidental to obtaining medical treatment. Consequently, the court concluded that we erroneously upheld a determination that the office equipment is a compensable medical benefit, and remanded the matter to us with directions that an order be entered denying the employer’s request for payment for this office equipment.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the employer’s request for payment for the office equipment is denied.
INDUSTRIAL CLAIM APPEALS PANEL ___________________________________ Kathy E. Dean ___________________________________ Bill Whitacre
Copies of this decision were mailed February 27, 1998 to the following parties:
Claire B. Mahoney, 6565 Matchless Ct., Colorado Springs, CO 80911
Steven U. Mullens, Esq., 90 South Cascade Ave., #300, P.O. Box 2940, Colorado Springs, CO 80901-2940
Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority, Attn: Legal Dept. (Interagency Mail)
Monte Lynn Scaggs, Esq., 115 E. Vermijo, Ste. 201, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (For the Claimant)
Douglas A. Thomas, Esq., 1700 Broadway, Ste. 1700, Denver, CO 80290-1701 (For the Respondent CCIA)
Ralph Ogden, Esq., 1750 Gilpin St., Denver, CO 80218 (For the Respondent-Employer)
By: _______________________________