Askew v. Ann Arbor Public Schools

*717Levin, J.

The question presented is whether a worker who has obtained an award of workers’ compensation benefits that is pending on appeal to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board must seek to present to the wcab, during its review of the earlier award, evidence of a change in physical condition, which occurred after the award, that the worker claims supports a further and separate claim of benefits arising from the same injury in order to avoid the bar of res judicata and preserve his right to a hearing on the further and separate claim. We hold that he is not required to seek to present the…