Opinion
Record No. 0238-05-1.
May 24, 2005.
Appeal from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
(Jacqueline L. (Palmer) Mercer, pro se, on brief).
(Adam S. Rafal; Vandeventer Black L.L.P., on brief), for appellees.
Present: Judges Benton, Humphreys and Senior Judge Overton.
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 claim seeking an award of additional wage loss compensation and payment of certain medical bills. The commission found that claimant's claim for additional wage loss compensation was barred by the two-year time limitation contained in Code § 65.2-708 and that she was not entitled to payment for certain medical expenses because they arose from unauthorized medical treatment. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the commission in its final opinion. See Palmer v. Support Services of Virginia, Inc., VWC File No. 187-49-73 (Jan. 5, 2005). 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.
To the extent that claimant's brief raises numerous arguments and issues that are not germane to the issues which were properly before the commission or which have been previously fully and fairly litigated and which were not properly before the commission when it rendered its January 5, 2005 opinion, we have not considered those arguments and/or issues in summarily affirming the commission's decision.
Affirmed.