Board Did Not Err in Rejecting Sole Medical Opinion on Worker's Lost Use of Arms

A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board properly rejected a treating doctor’s opinion as to a worker’s loss of use of her arms, even in the absence of any contrary medical opinion. Case: Matter of Maunder v. B&B Lumber Co., No. 526034, 11/15/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Elizabeth Maunder has an established case for occupational disease to her bilateral wrists and for bilateral cubital tunnel syndrome stemming from a work-related accident in 2002. Liability for her claim was transferred to the Special Fund for Reopened Cas...