Pain Complaint Supports Compensability Finding for Repetitive Trauma Claim

An Illinois appellate court said an injured worker's subjective complaint of pain was sufficient evidence to support a determination that her repetitive trauma claim was compensable. The court said the aggravation or acceleration of a preexisting condition caused by work-related activity is compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. "We believe that, when a preexisting condition is asymptomatic and then becomes painful as the result of work-related activity, that symptomatic condition is compensable under the act as an aggravation of the preexisting condition even in the a...