Rieger v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

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• holding that expenses for installing hand controls in claimant's automobile and remodeling his home to permit him to use his wheelchair were compensable as \orthopedic appliances\
• explaining that home and automobile modifications fall within the definition of “orthopedic appliances,” as both services aided claimant’s mobility
• ordering a claimant whose work-related injury resulted in paraparesis of his legs reimbursed for the costs of home remodeling and automobile hand controls
• remodeling of employee’s home so that he could utilize his wheelchair was covered by workers’ compensation act
• If a “wheelchair is necessary, then it logically follows that minor modification needed to facilitate use of the appliance must also be considered a necessity”
• if necessary, alterations in home for wheelchair accessibility and hand controls in vehicle are compensable

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