Claim of Zahm v. National Fuel

Peters, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 5, 2008, which ruled that claimant had a 20.4% schedule loss of use for binaural loss of hearing.

Claimant worked for the employer in numerous capacities— first as a data entry clerk and then in various customer-related positions—for 31 years until she retired in July 2005. A preemployment hearing examination conducted in 1974 revealed that claimant had a measurable loss of hearing at that time. In August 2007, claimant filed this claim contending that she had sustained an occupational hearing loss due to…