Matter of Franklin v. New England Motor Freight

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 14, 2015, which ruled, among other things, that claimant sustained a causally-related loss of wage-earning capacity.

In June 2012, claimant, a tractor-trailer truck driver, sustained a work-related injury to his lower back while attempting to lift the rear door of his trailer to unload freight. He thereafter applied for and received workers’ compensation benefits for the initial period of total disability. Claimant returned to work in January 2013, but was unable to continue working after October 11, 2013 after experiencing…