Claim of Demel v. Northern Telecom, Inc.

Appeal from an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 18, 2002, which, inter alia, denied claimant’s request to reclassify him as permanently totally disabled.

As the result of an employment-related accident in February 1984, claimant injured his back and sustained posttraumatic stress disorder and hyperhidrosis (a disorder of the nerve endings). Multiple evidentiary hearings ensued, after which claimant was classified with a permanent partial disability and awarded continuing workers’ compensation benefits. Seeking to be classified with a permanent total…