Claim of Burgos v. Citywide Central Insurance Program

McCarthy, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 6, 2015, which ruled, among other things, that claimant sustained a permanent partial disability and an 85% loss of wage-earning capacity.

Claimant suffered a work-related back injury in July 2007 *1494and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. In 2014, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge found that claimant sustained a permanent partial disability and an 85% loss of wage-earning capacity. The Workers’ Compensation Board modified the determination by changing the area of injury from claimant’s thoracic spine to…