Claim of A'Gard v. Major Builders Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensa*520tion Board, filed June 29, 1998, which ruled that claimant failed to establish a claim for consequential diabetes and obesity.

Claimant sustained a back injury on October 31, 1986 which resulted in a permanent partial disability and an award of workers’ compensation benefits. At the time of the accident, claimant, who is just over six feet tall, weighed at least 250 pounds and, within three months of the accident, weighed 300 pounds. Claimant’s own physician subsequently testified that 184 pounds was the normal or average weight for a person of…