Claim of Karl v. New Venture Gear

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 1, 2006, which ruled that the employer was entitled to reimbursement for certain benefits paid to claimant.

Claimant, an administrative assistant, filed a workers’ compensation claim in September 2003 after experiencing bilateral hand and wrist tingling and numbness due to her typing duties at work. The self-insured employer did not dispute the claim and notified the Workers’ Compensation Board in September 2003 that payment of workers’ compensation benefits in the amount of $400 a week had begun. In addition, the employer…