Claim of Crawford v. New York City Health & Hospital Corp.

—Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 2, 1997, which ruled that claimant’s psychiatric condition was not barred under Workers’ Compensation Law § 28.

On August 5, 1987, claimant sustained injuries while working as a dietary aide as a result of being stuck in the finger with a used hypodermic needle. Following an award of workers’ compensation benefits to claimant based upon a finding that she sustained a scheduled loss of use of her left arm, the Workers’ Compensation Board closed the case in November 1988. Thereafter, in March 1993, claimant’s case was…