Smith v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant, Gavin L. Smith, petitions for review from the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming the Workers’ Compensation Board’s denial of his claim for increased disability compensation for a worsening of a compensable injury.

The Court of Appeals reviewed the record and found that on March 10, 1977, claimant suffered a compensable low back injury. The claim was closed by a determination order on September 27, 1977. Claimant continued to work until May 1978, when he quit and requested a hearing on the September 27 claim closure because he felt that he could no longer work; he has not…