Claim of Kowalchyk v. Wade Lupe Construction Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 21, 1988, which ruled that claimant was totally industrially disabled and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant seriously fractured his back and wrist on August 9, 1985 when he fell from a scaffold while performing his duties as a carpenter on a construction jobsite. During the *928entire period of treatment for these injuries, claimant’s physician, Dr. James Slavin, considered claimant to be totally disabled. Claimant’s employer initially agreed with this diagnosis and, through its workers’ compensation insurance…