Active Transportation Co. v. Wylie

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that set aside a partial denial of claimant’s preexisting right knee condition. We affirm.

Claimant was working for employer when he slipped and fell, injuring his right knee. Employer accepted the injury as a disabling right knee strain. Claimant did not have any right knee symptoms before the compensable injury. Arthroscopic surgery revealed chondromalacia of the medial femoral condyle and medial tibial plateau. The attending physician, Dr. Lipp, found claimant medically stationary with no permanent impairment and the claim…