Trujillo v. Los Alamos National Laboratory

OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

{1} Worker Eric Trujillo seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Administration ruling that denied reinstatement of temporary total disability (TTD) and medical benefits. The Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) dismissed Worker’s claims after ruling that Worker failed to prove causation to a reasonable degree of medical probability. Because substantial evidence does not support the WCJ’s ruling, we reverse.

BACKGROUND

{2} Worker was employed by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (Employer) 1 as a laborer and labor foreman beginning in July 1994. Worker’s duties included…