Churchill v. Central Aroostook Ass'n for Retarded Citizens, Inc.

[¶ 1] The employee, Catherine Churchill, appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board granting her petition to determine the extent of permanent impairment related to a 1995 aggravation of a 1985 Massachusetts work-injury. Churchill contends that the Board erred when it concluded that separate injuries suffered by the employee on different dates, when both those injuries contribute to the permanent impairment of the employee, cannot be combined to determine whether the impairment exceeds the 11.8% threshold, above which employees can receive more than 260-weeks of partial…