Claim of Bailey v. Ben Ciccone, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 1, 2011, which, among other things, ruled that claimant’s motor neuron disease was consequential to his established claim for Lyme disease and awarded further workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant, a construction worker, was bitten by a tick while working in the woods and was subsequently diagnosed with Lyme disease in July 2008. When claimant began to experience upper body muscle weakness, he was forced to cease working and the employer and its workers’ compensation carrier (hereinafter collectively referred to as…