Opinion
No. 07-1141.
November 15, 2007.
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.
[EDITORS' NOTE: THE PUBLICATION STATUS OF THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE PRECEDENTIAL VALUE OF CASES WHICH ARE NOT YET PUBLISHED IS GOVERNED BY IOWA CT. R. 6.14 (5).]
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.