Benitoa v. Maritime Machine Products, Inc.

The claimant suffered a compen-sable leg injury on August 27, 1976. In May of 1977 he began to experience back pain which he associated with the 1976 injury. The deputy commissioner made no specific finding relative to the back pain but limited claimant to the schedule. We conclude that he erred in light of the overwhelming evidence that the leg injury caused a limp which in turn caused the back pain. On this point the medical experts were in fundamental agreement. Dr. Neal initially expressed some doubt but finally agreed that if there was no intervening cause between the injury and the back…