Walczyk v. Lewis Tree Service, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 14, 2014, which ruled that claimant was entitled to a schedule loss of use award payable in a lump sum.

Claimant, while employed as a tree service worker for the employer, filed a claim for a back injury in 2005 for which he was awarded compensation. It was ultimately determined in 2009 that he had a resulting permanent partial disability for which he thereafter received continuing disability benefits. Claimant also filed a claim in 2007 for work-related bilateral carpel tunnel syndrome, which was established as an oc*1365cupa…