PATRICIA EDWARDS, Petitioner-Appellant, vs. PARAGON INTERNATIONAL, HARLEYSVILLE INSURANCE CO., Respondent-Appellee.
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
No. 7-719 / 07-1141
Filed November 15, 2007
PATRICIA EDWARDS,
Petitioner-Appellant,
vs.
PARAGON INTERNATIONAL,
HARLEYSVILLE INSURANCE CO.,
Respondent-Appellee.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Michael D. Huppert,
Judge.
Patricia Edwards appeals the denial of her application for workers’
compensation benefits. AFFIRMED.
Thomas Reilly of Thomas J. Reilly Law Firm, Des Moines, for appellant.
Jill Hamer, Omaha, Nebraska, for appellee.
Considered by Mahan, P.J., and Miller and Vaitheswaran, JJ.
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VAITHESWARAN, J.
Patricia Edwards appeals the denial of her application for workers’
compensation benefits relating to her shoulder condition.
She contends the
agency decision is not supported by substantial evidence.
We review the
agency’s fact findings pursuant to the standard set forth in Iowa Code section
17A.19(10)(f) (2003).
Examining the record as a whole as that standard prescribes, we note a
disagreement among several physicians as to whether Edwards’s pre-existing
shoulder condition was aggravated by her employment. A deputy commissioner
considered the medical records of these physicians and accepted the opinions of
those who opined that Edwards’s shoulder condition was not attributable to her
employment. The commissioner adopted the deputy’s findings in full.
We may not “improperly weigh[ ] the evidence to overrule the
commissioner’s findings.” Arndt v. City of LeClaire, 728 N.W.2d 389, 395 (Iowa
2007). As those fact findings are supported by substantial evidence, we affirm.
AFFIRMED.
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