Court Opinion

ID: 9698646
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:56:31.855564+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:42.197062
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FINE, J.
(dissenting). Section 102.555(10), Stats., provides that "[n]o compensation may be paid for tinnitus unless a hearing test demonstrates a compensable hearing loss other than tinnitus." The Labor & Industry Review Commission, Commissioner Pamela I. Anderson dissenting, awarded workers' compensation to O.T. Redmond for tinnitus in his left ear and for tinnitus in his right ear. Redmond, however, has no hearing loss in his right ear, other than a claimed tinnitus. The clear statutory command thus prohibits a hearing-loss award for the right ear.