Opinion ID: 1886051
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Heading: motion to re-open

Text: It is discretionary with the Commission whether or not it will re-open a case. MCA § 71-3-53 (Supp. 1985). A hearing should be re-opened when the claimant can establish by a preponderance of the evidence that his condition has changed. North Miss. Medical Center v. Henton, 317 So.2d 373 (Miss. 1975). Davis filed his motion to re-open based on the results of a thermogram which corroborated the findings of Dr. Cook. The thermogram did not show any changing condition other than what Dr. Cook testified. Therefore, the thermogram results were not evidence of a changing condition, but were merely new evidence. Based on the standard of review before us, we cannot say the Commission abused its discretion in refusing to re-open the hearing. Accordingly, this assignment of error is without merit.