Clarification Ordered for Board's Denial of SLU Award

A New York appellate court reversed a denial of a schedule loss of use award to a worker with multiple injuries who was classified as having a permanent partial disability. Case: Matter of Nasir v. BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., No. 531378, 12/24/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: Nayyar Nasir worked for BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. In 2014, she established her entitlement to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries she sustained to her head, neck, back, shoulder and hip. In 2017, Nasir sought a permanency opinion from her treating doctor. The doctor opined t...