Opinion
Record No. 1409-08-1.
November 4, 2008.
Appeal from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
(Arthur T. Aylward; Angela F. Gibbs; Midkiff, Muncie Ross, P.C., on briefs), for appellants.
(John H. Klein; Montagna, Klein, Camden LLP, on brief), for appellee.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
Dominion Virginia Power and Dominion Resources, Inc. appeal a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission finding that Harold Dean Flora, Jr. (claimant) proved (1) his psychiatric disability is causally related to his compensable May 23, 2001 injury by accident; (2) he has been totally disabled since November 1, 2006, based upon the opinions of the treating orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Lawrence Morales, and, therefore, had no duty to market; (3) referral to Dr. Donald Mingione, a psychologist, was appropriate; (4) he has reached maximum medical improvement with respect to his left leg; and (5) he sustained a fifteen percent permanent partial impairment of his left lower extremity due to radicular symptoms and a seven percent permanent partial impairment of his left lower extremity due to the knee. We have reviewed the record and the commission's opinion and find that this appeal is without merit. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the commission in its final opinion. See Flora v. Dominion Virginia Power, VWC File No. 207-01-02 (May 20, 2008). We dispense with oral argument and summarily affirm because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process. See Code § 17.1-403; Rule 5A:27.
Affirmed.