Opinion
Record No. 0967-10-1.
August 31, 2010.
Appeal from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
(Jacqueline L. Palmer Mercer, pro se, on brief).
(Adam S. Rafal; Vandeventer Black LLP, on brief), for appellees.
Present: Judges Humphreys, Powell and Senior Judge Coleman.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
Jacqueline L. Palmer Mercer (claimant) appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission denying her November 10, 2008 claim for medical benefits and mileage and denying her December 5, 2008 claim for wage loss benefits and permanent partial disability benefits. 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 Mercer v. Support Servs. of Va., VWC File No. 187-49-73 (Apr. 28, 2010). 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.
The commission denied claimant's request for medical benefits and mileage because she failed to prove through medical evidence she received causally related, authorized treatment for her injuries. The commission denied claimant's request for wage loss benefits and permanent partial disability payments based upon the doctrine of res judicata. Although claimant raises twenty-six separate questions presented in her opening brief, we find that the issues before the commission relate to her two claims for benefits and are dispositive of her appeal. Thus, we need not address the remaining issues in claimant's questions presented.
Affirmed.