Case Name: LEEVAC SHIPYARDS; Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor; Gabriel Oaks, Respondents
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-10-11
Citations: 202 F. App'x 677
Docket Number: No. 06-60091
Parties: LEEVAC SHIPYARDS; Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor; Gabriel Oaks, Respondents.
Judges: Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 202
Pages: 677–678

Head Matter:
LEEVAC SHIPYARDS; Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor; Gabriel Oaks, Respondents.
No. 06-60091.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Oct. 11, 2006.
Travis Ron Lebleu, Johnson, Stiltner & Rahman, Baton Rouge, LA, for Petitioners.
Mark Ambrose Reinhalter, Matthew W. Boyle, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration, New Orleans, LA, Harry K Burdette, The Glenn Armentor Law Corp, Lafayette, LA, for Respondents.
Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Leevac Shipyards and its insurance carrier, Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation, petition this court for review of an administrative decision by the benefits review board and the administrative law judge granting disability benefits to the claimant. The claimant filed for benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. The ALJ found that claimant's back injury and headaches were causally related to an accident that he suffered at work on February 11, 2001, and awarded medical expenses and continuing temporary total disability benefits. The benefits review board affirmed the ALJ's order. We also affirm.
The ALJ's factual findings must be supported by substantial evidence. SGS Control Services v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, 86 F.3d 438 (5th Cir.1996). "Substantial evidence" is evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion. Noble Drilling v. Drake, 795 F.2d 478 (5th Cir.1986).
The ALJ's finding of causation is supported by substantial evidence, even without reference to the Section 20(a) presumption. Both the claimant and his wife testified that his headaches were different, and more severe, after his work accident. Their testimony was corroborated by his treating physician, Dr. Goldware, who testified that the herniated disc at C5-6 was caused by the claimant's work accident and was not aggravated by a subsequent automobile accident. Accordingly, the order of the ALJ is
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.