Matter of Simpson v. New York City Transit Authority

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 26, 2014, which ruled that claimant did not sustain a causally related disability to his knees.

Claimant worked as a bus driver for 25 years, retiring in June 2011. He applied for workers’ compensation benefits, alleging an occupational disease stemming from repetitive stress injuries to his knees. A Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) disallowed the claim in 2012. In so doing, the WCLJ credited the opinion of Pierce Ferriter, an orthopedic surgeon who conducted an independent medical examination of claimant…