Matter of O'Brien v. The Carey Center for Global Good

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 22, 2015, which, among other things, denied claimant’s request to amend his claim to include postconcussion syndrome.

Following a work-related accident wherein claimant slipped and fell on ice, claimant established a workers’ compensation claim for injuries to his head, back and neck. Based upon claimant’s protracted recovery and continued medical treatment, claimant sought to amend his claim to include, among other things, a concussion and postconcussion syndrome. By decision dated March 13, 2014, a Workers’ Compensation…