In re the Claim of Ottomanelli v. Ottomanelli

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 27, 1980, which found that claimant’s disability was causally related to an industrial accident. That claimant’s work activities as a butcher involving five 12-hour work days per week and myriad other duties caused him to suffer acute anxiety and disabling depression is not contested on this appeal. The sole issue is whether the pressure of work-related activities was causative of claimant’s psychiatric disability. The board, in overruling the referee’s conclusion of “no causal relationship” stated: “Upon review of the…