Egge v. Nu-Steel

Claimant appeals from determinations by the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) denying his request for a remand to consider newly discovered evidence and upholding the referee’s finding that no unscheduled disability to his low back resulted from a 20-foot fall onto concrete.

In denying claimant’s original 'motion to remand,1 the Board articulated its reason:

“It is unclear from the present record why the medical reports here in question could not have been obtained for the hearing by delaying the hearing date or keeping the record open * *

On de novo review, we conclude that the record…