Nettina v. City of Pembroke Pines (Fire Department)
This text of 51 So. 3d 497 (Nettina v. City of Pembroke Pines (Fire Department)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering District Court of Appeal of Florida primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
We affirm the Judge of Compensation Claims’ (JCC’s) denial of all benefits requested by Claimant. The JCC properly denied the request for authorization of a cardiologist to treat Claimant’s hypertension on the basis that Claimant failed to prove further evaluation and treatment by a cardiologist was medically necessary. We note, however, that the JCC’s alternative basis for denying the benefits claimed is contrary to City of Pembroke Pines v. Ortagus, 50 So.3d 31 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), holding that once compensability is established, entitlement to medical benefits is not limited to the period of disability.
AFFIRMED.
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