Claim of Pavone v. Advance Auto Parts

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 28, 2009, which ruled that claimant sustained a causally related occupational disease.

Claimant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits, alleging that he had sustained a back injury as a result of lifting and loading automobile parts and supplies while working as a delivery person for the employer. The employer’s workers’ compensation carrier disputed the claim and, following a hearing, a workers’ compensation law judge disallowed the claim. The Workers’ Compensation Board reversed that decision, and this appeal…