Commonwealth/Dept. of Soc. Serv. v Virginia Tyson

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COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Baker, Elder and Fitzpatrick COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA/ DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. MEMORANDUM OPINION * PER CURIAM JULY 9, 1996 Record No. 0640-96-2 VIRGINIA B. TYSON FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General; Gregory Lucyk, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Ingrid Olson, Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellant. Appellant submitting on brief. No brief for appellee. The Department of Social Services contends that the Workers' Compensation Commission erred in finding that Virginia B. Tyson's carpal tunnel syndrome qualifies as an occupational "disease" under the Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act"). This appeal is controlled by the Supreme Court's decision in Stenrich Group v. Jemmott, 251 Va. 186, 199, 467 S.E.2d 795, 802 (1996) (holding that "job-related impairments resulting from cumulative trauma caused by repetitive motion, however labeled or however defined, are, as a matter of law, not compensable under the present provisions of the Act"). Accordingly, we reverse the commission's decision. Reversed. * Pursuant to Code § 17-116.010 this opinion is not designated for publication.

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