Price v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant’s widow1 seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, which modified the referee’s award by denying claimant penalties for SAIF’s denial of an aggravation claim. On de novo review, we reverse.

In March, 1979, claimant sustained a compensable right ankle injury. His subsequent low-back condition was determined to be compensably related to that injury and required disc surgery at the L4-5 level. In October, 1982, claimant again experienced back pain. He underwent a myelogram, followed by more surgery at the same L4-5 level. The myelogram report, received by SAIF on…