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Cite as 2015 Ark. App. 558 ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION II No. CV-15-414 Opinion Delivered October 7, 2015 LINDA MULLEN APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE ARKANSAS WORKERS COMPENSATION V. COMMISSION [NO. G100201] ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CLAIMS DIVISION, AFFIRMED ARKANSAS INSURANCE DEPARTMENT APPELLEES PHILLIP T. WHITEAKER, Judge Appellant Linda Mullen appeals an Arkansas Workers Compensation Commission (Commission) decision concluding that she was not entitled to temporary total disability (TTD) benefits. More specifically, she challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the Commissions determination that she had failed to prove that she remained within her healing period or that she was unable to work as a result of her injury. The Commissions decision adequately summarizes Mullens testimony, the previous workers compensation history regarding the compensability of her claim, and the relevant medical records. Further, the Commission exercised its duty to make determinations of credibility, weigh the evidence, and resolve any conflicts in the testimony and evidence. Ark. Methodist Med. Ctr. v. Blansett, 2013 Ark. App. 480. Because the only issue on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence and because the opinion of the Commission thoroughly explains
Cite as 2015 Ark. App. 558 its decision, we affirm by memorandum opinion pursuant to sections (a) and (b) of In re Memorandum Opinions, 16 Ark. App. 301, 700 S.W.2d 63 (1985). Affirmed. GLADWIN, C.J., and HOOFMAN, J., agree. Medlock, Gramlich & Sexton, LLP, by: Michael Ellig, for appellant. Robert H. Montgomery, Public Employee Claims Division, for appellee. 2
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