Opinion
Record No. 0213-10-2.
July 27, 2010.
Appeal from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
(George T. Hodges, pro se, on brief).
(Robert A. Rapaport; Bonnie P. Lane; Clarke, Dolph, Rapaport, Hull, Brunick Garriott, P.L.C., on brief), for appellees.
Present: Judges McClanahan, Haley and Senior Judge Willis.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
George T. Hodges (claimant) appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission denying the payment of medical and temporary total disability benefits from July 13, 2008 and continuing on the ground that claimant failed to establish the existence of a causal connection between the compensable workplace injury he sustained on October 19, 2007, and the medical treatment he received on July 12, 2008. 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 Hodges v. TCS Materials, Inc., VWC File No. 239-81-11 (Dec. 8, 2009). 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.
The commission also concluded appellant was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits from October 28, 2007 through November 18, 2007. Claimant did not appeal this portion of the commission's ruling, and we do not consider it on appeal.
We deny appellees' motion to dismiss.