Muffett v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Claimant appeals the denial of his claim for a bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. One of his assignments of error is that the Board erred in refusing to remand the claim to the referee for admission of an exhibit that was not available to claimant until after the opinion and order of the referee was issued. The exhibit was in the form of a letter dated June. 25, 1980, from Dr. Stolzberg to Dr. Silver. In pertinent part, it stated:

“I disagree most strongly with Doctor Dietrich’s views on the pathogenesis of carpal tunnel syndrome. I think the condition is caused by swelling of the flexor…