Claim of Knoll v. Chemung County

Crew III, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 31, 2006, which ruled that claimant’s leave accruals must be fully restored.

Claimant, an employee of Chemung County, injured his back while removing road signs from a truck. As a consequence, claimant was disabled and used accrued sick leave and vacation time in exchange for full payment of his wages while absent from work. Chemung County then requested reimbursement from the Workers’ Compensation Board. A Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) found that claimant had suffered a compensable…