Albany General Hospital v. Gasperino

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that affirmed the referee’s order setting aside employer’s denial of claimant’s claim for thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). We affirm.

In January, 1989, while claimant was at work, she slipped and fell backward with her arms outstretched behind her, landing on her buttocks and low back. She sought treatment from her family physician, who diagnosed right wrist and shoulder strain, sacroiliac strain and cervical strain. Employer accepted the claim.

Over the next few months, claimant developed numbness and tingling down her arms into her…