International Paper Co. v. McElroy

Employer petitions for review in this workers’ compensation case. Claimant compensably injured his pelvis in April, 1986. He returned to work, and the claim was closed in September, 1986. Employer laid him off in November; early in 1987, he went to work part-time as a janitor at a different employment. He began to complain of increased pain in March, 1987, and filed an aggravation claim the next month. Employer denied the claim.

After a hearing, the referee affirmed the denial:

“The only support for claimant’s claim for aggravation is the claimant’s subjective complaint of increased pain which…