Pilgrim v. Delta Airlines, Inc.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the workers’ compensation board (board) upholding employer’s denial of his occupational disease claim for hearing loss. The board concluded that the claim is properly analyzed as one for a combined condition, that is, a claim for current hearing loss that combined with earlier hearing loss. According to the board, claimant failed to establish that work was the major cause of the combined condition. Claimant argues that the board erred in treating his claim as one for a combined condition, and that, in any event, he met his burden of proof. We agree with…