Claim of Steuber v. Home Properties, Inc.

Mercure, J.P

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 4, 2012, which ruled that claimant did not sustain a causally related injury to his thoracic spine and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant applied for workers’ compensation benefits after falling at work in March 2010, and his claim was established for injuries to his back, left knee and left hip. While claimant had degenerative changes throughout his spine, he further injured his lumbar spine as a result of the initial accident. Claimant thereafter underwent thoracic spine surgery in…