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ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
DIVISION I
No.CV-16-634
OPINION DELIVERED: MARCH 1, 2017
LYNDA LEWIS WILLIAMSON
APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE ARKANSAS
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
V. COMMISSION
[NO. G202939]
BOONEVILLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
CENTER & PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
CLAIMS DIVISION AFFIRMED
APPELLEES
ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Judge
Appellant Lynda Lewis Williamson appeals the April 5, 2016 opinion of the Arkansas
Workers’ Compensation Commission (Commission) that affirmed and adopted the
September 15, 2015 opinion of the administrative law judge, which denied appellant’s
request for additional medical treatment and temporary-total-disability benefits associated
with her left-shoulder injury that occurred on April 6, 2012. Appellant argues that the
decision of the Commission is not supported by substantial evidence. We affirm.
We review a decision of the Commission to determine whether there is substantial
evidence to support it. Crow v. Advanced Dental Implants & Denture Ctr., 2016 Ark. App.
361. We review the evidence and all reasonable inferences deducible therefrom in the light
most favorable to the Commission’s findings. Id. It is the Commission’s province to weigh
the evidence and determine what is most credible. Id. The issue on appeal is not whether
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we would have reached a different result or whether the evidence would have supported a
contrary conclusion; we will affirm if reasonable minds could reach the Commission’s
conclusion. Id.
It is the Commission’s duty, not ours, to make credibility determinations, to weigh
the evidence, and to resolve conflicts in the medical opinions, evidence, and testimony.
Green v. N. Little Rock Sch. Dist., 2016 Ark. App. 512. When the Commission has denied
a claim because of the claimant’s failure to meet his or her burden of proof, the substantial-
evidence standard of review requires that we affirm if the Commission’s opinion displays a
substantial basis for the denial of relief. Bolus v. Jack Cecil Hardware, 2013 Ark. App. 288.
Because this is the sole issue now before us, and because the Commission’s opinion
adequately explains the decision, we affirm by memorandum opinion. In re Memorandum
Opinions, 16 Ark. App. 301, 700 S.W.2d 63 (1985) (per curiam).
Affirmed.
ABRAMSON and VIRDEN, JJ., agree.
Daily & Woods, P.L.L.C., by: Douglas M. Carson, for appellant.
Robert H. Montgomery, Public Employee Claims Division, for appellees.
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