Claim of Albrecht v. Orange County Community College

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

As we read the board’s decision we are satisfied that it based its denial of benefits in this case on a failure of proof of accidental causation. The board wrote: "The record contains no medical evidence to support a finding of accidental injury arising out of and in the course of employment.” We interpret that statement in the board’s concise decision as relating only to the issue of causation; the absence, or presence, of "medical evidence” would be irrelevant to any determination as to the…