Matter of Castler v. National Grid

Lahtinen, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 4, 2014, which ruled that evidence of an exacerbation of claimant’s injury was not sufficiently documented.

Claimant sustained a work-related injury to his low back in 2006 and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. In January 2013, claimant’s chiropractor, Douglas Van Vorst, noted an exacerbation of claimant’s low back injury after claimant reportedly shoveled snow and experienced pain in the same area of his back. Van Vorst rendered treatment to claimant from January 18, 2013 to February 6, 2013. In July…