Claim of Brockington v. University of Rochester

—Mikoll, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 12, 1997, which ruled that claimant has a causally related partial disability which contributed to her reduced earnings and made an award of reduced earnings.

The employer and its workers’ compensation insurance carrier contend that the Workers’ Compensation Board erred in rejecting their argument that claimant was not entitled to a reduced earnings award because she had voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market in June 1995. Whether a claimant has voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market is a question of…