Claim of Porter v. D.A. Collins Construction

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 3, 2002, which ruled that claimant was not entitled to additional workers’ compensation benefits pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 15 (3) (v).

Claimant was involved in a 1968 nonwork-related motor vehicle accident in which he injured both of his legs. While at work in 1988, claimant sustained a left hip injury and applied for workers’ compensation benefits. The Workers’ Compensation Board ruled that claimant’s disability was causally related to his work injury and, as a result, claimant was awarded a leg schedule loss…