Tanks v. Roark

OPINION OF THE COURT

Convinced that he lacked the medical expertise to translate hearing impairments into AMA impairments, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determined that a noise-induced hearing loss was due to cumulative trauma and that because the claimant failed to prove an impairment that was attributable to the two years before the claim was filed, the entire claim was barred by limitations. Special Fund v. Clark, Ky., 998 S.W.2d 487 (1999). Although a partially dissenting opinion indicated that the claim should be remanded for further analysis under Special Fund v. Clark, the Workers’…