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Thisworkers'compensationappealhasbeenreferredtotheSpecialWorkers'CompensationAppealsPaneloftheSupremeCourtinaccordancewithTenn.CodeAnn.506225(e)(3)forhearingandreportingtotheSupremeCourtoffindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw. ` Theissueinthiscaseiswhethertheevidencepreponderatesagainstthefindingofthetrialcourtthattheemployeedidnotsufferacompensableinjuryoranaggravationthereofwithinthepurviewoftheworkerscompensationlaws.W <Ԁ# <WU#    ` Reviewofthefindingsoffactmadebythetrialcourtisdenovouponthe j recordofthetrialcourt,accompaniedbyapresumptionofthecorrectnessofthefinding,unlessthepreponderanceoftheevidenceisotherwise.Tenn.CodeAnn. r 506225(e)(2);Stonev.CityofMcMinnville,896S.W.2d548,550(Tenn.1995).   ` TheemployeeinitiallyallegedthatshesufferedajobrelatedaccidentwhileemployedasanapprenticepipefitterattheTVASequoyahNuclearPlantinHamiltonCountyonMay14,1996.Thistheorywasessentiallyabandonedaftertheproofwasclosed,andtheemployeewaspermittedtoamendhercountercomplaintbyallegingagradualinjuryinvolvingcervicalandshoulderpain. ` Ms.CampbellwasinitiallyemployedinAugust,1995.ShewaslaidoffinMay,1996,butwasonfurloughfortwomonthsduringherbriefemployment.ShetestifiedthatonMay14,1996,whilerelaxingduringalunchbreak,paindevelopedinherleftforearm.Threedayslater,shewaslaidoffduetoareductioninforce,andappliedforandreceivedunemploymentbenefits,aftercertifying,andcertifiedtoherunionthatshewasabletowork.OnJune6,1996,shewasinjuredinanautomobileaccident,andreportedtothetreatingchiropractorthatshehadneckandshouldercomplaints,notjobrelated.Shedidnotpursuefurtherchiropractictreatmentbecause itwouldmessuphercompensationclaim. :V51  ` Shewasincourseprovidedalistofphysiciansfromwhichtoselectatreatingphysician.ShechoseDr.GeorgeSeiters,whoprovidedtreatmentfromJune25,1996toOctober1996.Intheinterim,shesawDr.RichardDonaldson,forwhomshehadworkedin1985and1986. ` ShebecamedissatisfiedwiththetreatmentofDr.Seitersandheremployerfurnishedanotherlistofphysicians.ShechoseDr.ScottHodges,whomshesawonlyonetimebecauseshelearnedthathedidnotbelieveherconditionwasworkrelated. ` Dr.Hodges,anorthopedicsurgeon,testifiedthatMs.Campbellcomplainedofneckandshoulderpain,graduallyoccurring,andthatinhisopinionshehadnopermanentimpairment. ` Dr.RichardDonaldsontestifiedthathesawMs.CampbellonJune20,1996,withcomplaintsofneckandshoulderpaingraduallyoccurring.Heopinedthatherjobactivitiesaggravatedanunderlyingcondition,andthatshehadatenpercentimpairmenttoherrightshoulder,afivepercentimpairmenttoherleftshoulder,withawholepersonimpairmentof19percent. ` Dr.SeitersopinedthatMs.Campbellhadapermanentimpairmentofsixpercenttoherwholebody. ` ThetrialcourtfoundthattheopinionofDr.DonaldsonwasnotreliablebecauseofhispersonalinvolvementsuperimposedupontheinconsistentstatementsofMs.Campbelltohimandotherhealthproviders.ThetestimonyofDr.Hodgeswasfullyaccreditedbythetrialjudge,whohasdiscretiontoaccepttheopinionofonemedicalexpertoverthatofanother,Johnsonv.Midwesco,Inc.,801 x4/, S.W.2d804(Tenn.1990);Thomasv.AetnaIns.Co.,812S.W.2d278(Tenn. 61. 1991). 8 40  ` Wecannotfindthattheevidencepreponderatesagainstthefindingsandjudgmentofthetrialcourt,andthejudgmentisaccordinglyaffirmedatthecostsoftheappellant. ` W <    h      p _______________________________ `   `     h      p WilliamH.Inman,SeniorJudge# <W# p  CONCUR: ` W <_______________________________AdolphoA.Birch,Jr.,Justice# <W,# <  ` W <_______________________________JoeC.Loser,Jr.,SpecialJudge# <W#    < XXH& <@  DINTHESUPREMECOURTOFTENNESSEEl*6&"h 8 `Ehtt06l %%@"ATKNOXVILLEBECHTELCONSTRUCTION   p )  Hamilton  T Circuit %%COMPANY,ETAL., h     ) p No.96LA0311 l   `     h     ) ` PlaintiffAppellee,     p ) 4   `     h     ) p Hon.L.MarieWilliams,Judge @  vs. `     h     ) L   `     h     ) p  X VIVIANCAMPBELL, h     ) p NO.03S019712CV00145 d  `     h     ) ` DefendantAppellant.    ) p Affirmed | 55&@(D #&55%#XHX&JUDGMENTORDER  @  `  ThiscaseisbeforetheCourtuponmotionforreviewpursuanttoTenn.CodeAnn.506225(e)(5)(B),theentirerecord,includingtheorderofreferraltotheSpecialWorkers'CompensationAppealsPanel,andthePanel'sMemorandumOpinionsettingforthitsfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflaw,whichareincorporatedhereinbyreference; `  Whereupon,itappearstotheCourtthatthemotionforreviewisnotwelltakenandshouldbedenied;and `  Itis,therefore,orderedthatthePanel'sfindingsoffactandconclusionsoflawareadoptedandaffirmed,andthedecisionofthePanelismadethejudgmentoftheCourt. `  Costswillbepaidbythedefendantappellantandhersurety,forwhichexecutionmayissueifnecessary. `  Itissoordered. `     h      p PERCURIAM ;6: Birch,J.,notparticipating# XXXXH #X