Coddington v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that reversed the referee and denied claimant’s aggravation claim. We reverse.

Claimant is 47 and has been a bus driver since 1968. She has degenerative disc disease and a history of back problems. She had no back pain in the last half of 1980, however, and accompanied her husband on a month-long motorcycle trip during that summer. On January 13,1981, she suffered a compensable injury at work when she slipped and fell. Her family doctor, Dr. Altizer, diagnosed a back sprain and referred her to Dr. McGee, a back specialist, who…