Cox v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming without opinion the referee’s order that claimant’s hypertension, diabetes and hyper-lipidemia are not compensable. We agree with claimant that the Board erred in determining that the conditions are not compensable, and we reverse and remand for reconsideration.

In an unappealed order of March 29, 1989, a referee held that claimant’s hypertension, diabetes and hyper-lipidemia are compensable, because they are materially related to a compensable hand injury. The medical evidence showed that the three conditions were…