Claimant Whitney Case Summary

On Sunday, February 5, 2016, Claimant Whitney stated that she was at home with her husband, as they were getting ready to go to church early that morning. She said she and her husband, Mr. Thomas Whitney had just departed from the front door of the residence and were walking towards her car parked in the front driveway when she “suddenly lost weakness in her left leg.” She said she felt weakness in her left thigh down to her left ankle, and she “felt a numbing sensation and a tingling sensation throughout her left leg.” She said the weakness and numbing sensation had immediately caused her to lose control of her balance when she collapsed and fell on her left leg as well as on her left foot, which folded underneath her buttock area. She subsequently fell on the left side of her buttock. The claimant heard a “crack come from her left foot and felt a tremendous amount of pain in her left foot.” Her husband, Mr. Whitney, assisted her up into their vehicle, and he transported her to San Antonio Hospital Emergency Room.
Cuong Nguyen diagnosed her with a left-foot fracture after he had taken x-rays of her left foot. She said the x-rays showed that she had two fractures in her left foot. In addition to the left foot fracture, the claimant said she also experienced pain and swelling in her left foot, caused by the fracture. The claimant said her left leg was placed in a hard cast.

As of her visit to the San Antonio Emergency Room, the claimant was not admitted; however, she was placed completely off from work due to her left foot fracture injury and has not been medically released to come back to work by her follow-up physician, Dr. David Engelhardt. Furthermore, her current doctor, Dr. Singh, who is her attending physician, is assisting her with pain management for her left