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DEFENDANTSAPPELLEES.@.)0  AFFIRMEDz T$T$ @II* JUDGMENT    ThiscaseisbeforetheCourtuponmotionforreviewpursuanttoTenn.CodeAnn.506225(e)(5)(B),theentirerecord,includingtheorderofreferraltotheSpecialWorkers'CompensationAppealsPanel,andthePanel'sMemorandumOpinionsettingforthitsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw,whichareincorporatedhereinbyreference; Whereupon,itappearstotheCourtthatthemotionforreviewisnotwelltakenandshouldbedenied;and Itis,therefore,orderedthatthePanel'sfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflawareadoptedandaffirmed,andthedecisionofthePanelismadethejudgmentoftheCourt. Costswillbepaidbyplaintiffappellant,forwhichexecutionmayissueifnecessary. ITISSOORDERED.  0      8     PERCURIAMGGBAdroABCDROWOTA,CJ.D,DNOTPARTICIPATINGH  ;48 HE` EH ;48 HI ;48 IJ ;48 JK ;48 TRX3'Letterhead[A'Legal Red3'Letter ManualA'Legal RedTKL  928 LMTR[A'[A'Legal RedA' LegalA' LegalT8   &    <( ` hp x (#X<$XX j$INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEE  MOOMSPECIALWORKERS'COMPENSATIONAPPEALSPANELATNASHVILLEMccMMcr(<,(j 8` `@E@` 8ttxPx  rcM(September16,1998Session)  ?+ ` hp x (#` X?RICHARDB.ANDERSON,    ) p DAVIDSONCHANCERY    `     h     )MN# X"X jm#NM ` PlaintiffAppellant, h   MP  PM) p Hon.IrvinH.Kilcrease, <4  `     h     ) p Chancellor. ,$ v. `     h     )   `     h     ) p No.01S019802CH00019   ALCOAFUKIKARA,LTD.and  MS  SM)  LIBERTYMUTUALINSURANCE  MT  TM)  COMPANY,    h   MR  RM)   `     h     ) ` DefendantsAppellees.    )  MQ ` QMForAppellant:   h      p   ForAppellees: l"d SteveNorris    h      p   LutherE.Cantrell,Jr. L$D Nashville,Tennessee   h      p MU  UMNashville,Tennessee <%4   <( ` hp x (#X<MEMORANDUMOPINION )"# MembersofPanel: .'( FrankF.Drowota,III,AssociateJustice,SupremeCourtWilliamH.Inman,SeniorJudgeJoeC.Loser,Jr.,SpecialJudge  ?+ ` hp x (#` X?  <( ` hp x (#X<  ?+ ` hp x (#` X?  AFFIRMED    h      p      x Loser,Judge {:35   <( ` hp x (#X<MEMORANDUMOPINION'    ?+ ` hp x (#` X?MVVM ` Thisworkers'compensationappealhasbeenreferredtotheSpecialWorkers'CompensationAppealsPaneloftheSupremeCourtinaccordancewithTenn.CodeAnn.section506225(e)(3)forhearingandreportingoffindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw.Theemployeeorclaimant,Anderson,insiststheevidencepreponderatesagainstthechancellor'sfindingthathedidnotsufferacompensableinjurybyaccident.Asdiscussedbelow,thepanelhasconcludedthejudgmentshouldbeaffirmed. { ` Appellatereviewisdenovoupontherecordofthetrialcourt,accompaniedbyapresumptionofcorrectness,unlessthepreponderanceoftheevidenceisotherwise.Tenn.CodeAnn.section506225(e)(2).Wherethetrialjudgehasseenandheardthewitnesses,especiallyifissuesofcredibilityandweighttobegivenoraltestimonyareinvolved,considerabledeferencemustbeaccordedthosecircumstancesonreview.Humphreyv.David  Witherspoon,Inc.,734S.W.2d315(Tenn.1987).   ` FromNovemberof1994throughJanuaryof1995,theclaimantexperiencedbackandlegpainatwork,causinghimtoseekmedicalattention.Dr.CatherineR.Stallworth,aspecialistinphysicalmedicineandrehabilitation,diagnosedminorspondylolisthesis,aconditioninwhichonevertebraisdisplacedoveranother,ratherthanbeingproperlyaligned.Thecondition,shesaid,isnotworkrelated,butisusuallyeithercongenitalordegenerative.ThedoctorreferredtheclaimanttoDr.Hopp,whodidnottestify,althoughtheclaimanttestifiedequivocallythatDr.Hopptoldhimheprobablyhurthisbackatwork. ` Dr.DavidGawexaminedtheclaimantandalsodiagnosedminorspondylolisthesis.Dr.Gawtestifiedondirectexaminationthat,fromthehistorygivenbytheclaimant,hisworkcouldhavecaused,exacerbatedoraggravatedoracceleratedthespondylolisthesisandmadeitsymptomatic.However,thehistorygivenbytheclaimanttoDr.Gawisnotsupportedbyapreponderanceofalltheevidenceandwefindintherecordnoevidenceofanyanatomical 816 changeasaresultoftheclaimant'swork.Moreover,Dr.Gawtestifiedoncrossexaminationthattheclaimant'sworkdidnotinanywaycausehismedicalconditionandthathismedicalconditionwouldhaveoccurredeveniftheclaimanthadnotworkedadayinhislife. ` TheclaimantcontendsheshouldrecoverbecauseofthesimilaritybetweenthiscaseandHillv.EagleBendMfg.Co.,942S.W.2d483(Tenn.1997).Inthatcase,basedon 91  uncontradictedmedicalproofthattheclaimantwasseverelyimpairedasaresultofaworkrelatedaccidentthataggravatedpreexistingconditions,aswellassupportinglayandexpertvocationalproof,thetrialjudgeawardedpermanentdisabilitybenefits.TheSupremeCourtaffirmedthatconclusion.Thepresentcaseisreadilydistinguishablefromthatoneinthatthereisnoexpertvocationalevidenceandnoevidenceofseveremedicalimpairment.Additionally,thetrialcourtinthepresentcasefoundfortheemployer.- x (#X-ӀItistruethattheemployertakestheemployeewithallpreexistingconditions,andcannotescapeliabilitywhentheemployee,uponsufferingaworkrelatedinjury,incursdisabilityfargreaterthanifhehadnothadthepreexistingconditions;Idat488;butifworkaggravates " apreexistingconditionmerelybyincreasingpain,thereisnoinjurybyaccident.Sweatv. $  SuperiorIndustries,Inc.,966S.W.2d31,32(Tenn.1998).Tobecompensable,the &" preexistingconditionmustbeadvanced,theremustbeanatomicalchangeinthepreexistingcondition,ortheemploymentmustcauseanactualprogressionoftheunderlyingdisease.Id J*B#& at33.Noneofthosecircumstancesisestablishedbyapreponderanceoftheevidenceinthiscase.̀Forthosereasons,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.Costsonappealaretaxedtotheplaintiffappellant.MTM MTM   B( ` hp x (#XB_______________________________MUM MUM  816   ӀJoeC.Loser,Jr.,SpecialJudge  ?+ ` hp x (#` X?CONCUR:_________________________________FrankF.Drowota,III,AssociateJustice_________________________________WilliamH.Inman,SeniorJudge- x (#X-#XXX X"~#MVM    MV