When supported by any evidence, findings of fact by the state board are conclusive and binding on reviewing courts, and judges lack authority to set aside an award based on disagreement with the board's conclusions. Id.; Gleaton v. Hazelwood Farms, 214 Ga. App. 825, 826 ( 449 SE2d 170) (1994). Construed in favor of the decision of the appellate division, the evidence showed that Singleton began working for the school board as a bus driver in 1999, driving a small bus for special needs children.
When supported by any evidence, findings of fact by the state board are conclusive and binding on reviewing courts, and judges lack authority to set aside an award based on disagreement with the board's conclusions. Gleaton v. Hazelwood Farms, 214 Ga. App. 825, 826 ( 449 S.E.2d 170) (1994). When, as here, the appellate division substitutes its findings for those of the ALJ, the superior court reviewing the appellate division's findings must affirm when there is evidence to support the appellate division's substitute findings.
When supported by any evidence, findings of fact by the state board are conclusive and binding on reviewing courts, and judges lack authority to set aside an award based on disagreement with the board's conclusions. Gleaton v. Hazelwood Farms, Inc., 214 Ga. App. 825, 826 ( 449 S.E.2d 170) (1994). By law, a psychological injury is compensable only "if it arises `naturally and unavoidably . . . from some discernible physical occurrence.' [Cits.
Atlas Automotive v. Wilson, 225 Ga. App. 631, 633 (1) ( 484 S.E.2d 669) (1997). When supported by any evidence, findings of fact by the Board are conclusive and binding on reviewing courts, and judges lack authority to set aside an award based on disagreement with the Board's conclusions. Gleaton v. Hazelwood Farms,, 214 Ga. App. 825, 826 ( 449 S.E.2d 170) (1994). Further, whether an employee's inability to continue working is caused by a change in condition is a question of fact for the ALJ, and such finding of fact may not be disturbed on appeal if any evidence supports it. Columbus Intermediate Care Home v. Johnston, 196 Ga. App. 516, 518 (2) ( 396 S.E.2d 268) (1990).