CHARLES DURHAM vs. MISSION LINEN SUPPLY, SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, FIDELITY AND CASUALTY COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT, ACCELERATED CLAIMS SERVICES, INC

This case involves a workers' compensation claim where the applicant sustained a low back injury. The core dispute centers on whether cognitive behavioral therapy is a compensable medical treatment for the applicant's chronic pain resulting from a failed surgery, despite the defendant's arguments about a non-industrial psychiatric component. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied reconsideration, adopting the Administrative Law Judge's report that emphasized the treating physician and Qualified Medical Examiner recommendations supporting the therapy as essential to relieve the effects of the orthopedic injury.