Matter of Picone v. Putnam Hosp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 27, 2016, which ruled that claimant was entitled to a schedule loss of use award and that apportionment applied to that award.

In 2002, claimant suffered a non-work-related injury to her left knee and surgery was performed on the knee in 2002 and 2009. In February 2011, claimant slipped on ice while working and she was awarded workers’ compensation benefits for an injury to her left knee. In 2015, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge determined that claimant suffered a 35% schedule loss of use of the left leg, but that the…