Claim of VanAusdle v. New York City Police Department

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 29, 2011, which, among other things, ruled that the employer’s application for review of a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge’s decision was untimely.

Claimant, a probationary police officer, purportedly sustained a work-related right knee injury in 1994. Her workers’ compensation claim was controverted by the self-insured employer and, in 1995, was marked closed due to a lack of prima facie medical evidence. No further action was taken until 2011, when claimant submitted a medical report documenting her injury. A Workers’…