Morgan v. Silvercrest Industries

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order which denied her aggravation claim on the basis that she had failed to prove that her condition had worsened since the last arrangement of compensation. We review de novo and reverse and remand.

Claimant, age 26, developed bilateral work-related carpal tunnel syndrome when she worked in the carpenter shop of employer, a mobile home manufacturer. She had surgery in March, 1984, but continued to experience low-grade soft-tissue inflammation, for which there was no further treatment other than activity restriction. Claimant stopped…