Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. v. Faulds

Miller, Judge.

Following the initial hearing of this workers’ compensation case in April 2002, an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) found that Brian T. Faulds had suffered a compensable injury to his right elbow while employed by Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. (‘Vought”) and awarded Faulds $375 per week in temporary total disability benefits. No appeal was taken from the award.

Pursuant to Faulds’ request, the State Board of Workers’ Compensation (the “Board”) designated Faulds’ injury as catastrophic in March 2003. Vought requested a further hearing two years later, seeking a change in…