Appeal of Redimix Companies, Inc.

The petitioner, Redimix Companies, Inc. (Redimix), appeals a decision of the New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board (CAB) in which the CAB ruled that the respondent, Brandon Lafond, had suffered either a new injury or an aggravation of a pre-existing condition on March 27, 2006, and was entitled to weekly benefits through his return to work on October 28, 2007. We vacate and remand.

The CAB found or the record supports the following facts. Lafond has suffered from lower back pain since 1998 after he fell from a ladder. Since March 2003, he has worked for Redimix as a cement truck operator,…