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Worker fails to win treatment for venous condition tied to knee surgery - Business Insurance Skip to content Register for free Search Search Log In Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Worker fails to win treatment for venous condition tied to knee surgery by Louise Esola Claims Disputes , Workers Comp Coverage , Workplace Safety Jun 5, 2026 A Tennessee workers compensation judge denied a worker’s request for treatment for venous insufficiency in her left leg, finding she failed to show that her work injury and resulting knee replacement were more than 50% responsible for aggravating the condition. Christina Manus Henry injured her left knee at work on Aug. 15, 2023, while working for Fitzgerald Collision & Repair LLC, and later underwent a knee replacement under the care of an authorized orthopedist, according to an expedited hearing order in Manus Henry v. Fitzgerald Collision & Repair LLC, filed by the Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims. After the surgery, Ms. Henry reported leg pain, swelling and spasms that she said she had not experienced before. A vascular specialist authorized by Fitzgerald diagnosed venous insufficiency after testing showed severe reflux in the great saphenous vein. The physician said the reflux had likely existed for years but that it was reasonable to think her surgery made the symptoms more apparent. He also said, however, that the condition was not directly caused by the surgery and later agreed that Ms. Henry’s preexisting conditions, rather than the 2023 work injury, were more than 50% of the cause of the venous insufficiency. Judge Robert Durham said Tennessee law allows compensation for aggravation of a preexisting condition only when the work accident contributed more than 50% to the aggravation and the aggravation contributed more than 50% to the need for treatment. The court found the medical proof did not adequately answer either question and held that Ms. Henry had not shown she was likely to prevail on causation at trial. Her request for additional treatment with the vascular specialist was denied “at this time.” The case was set for a July 1 status conference. 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