In re the Claim of Raub v. Cutler Hammer, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 17, 2002, which ruled that claimant sustained a compensable injury and awarded workers’ compensation disability benefits.

Claimant worked for the employer as a laborer for over 30 years. He stopped working in December 1997, having been incapacitated, at least in part, by a back injury which he attributed to the bending and heavy lifting required by his employment. In the decision under review, the Workers’ Compensation Board affirmed the determination of a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge, finding that claimant had…