Funke v. State Accident Insurance Fund

This is a Workers’ Compensation case in which the sole issue is the compensability of claimant’s ulnar nerve condition. The referee found the injury compensable. The Board reversed. We agree with the referee, and therefore reverse the Board.

Claimant received an industrial injury in late November, 1977, while working for a tanning company. He was injured when his wrist was extended while he was stretching leather with a whet stone. As he was pushing the stone across the leather, it struck a soft spot, causing his left wrist to turn under and exerting a pulling sensation on the arm.

Claimant’s…