von Kohlbeck v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that reversed the referee and upheld the employer’s denial of claimant’s back condition. We reverse and reinstate the referee’s order.

Claimant had a history of occasional back problems since 1964 that involved merely an ache is his lower right side after heavy labor and would disappear the next day. Claimant never saw a doctor for his back condition and had no back problems from 1978 until 1982. He was employed as a grounds keeper and maintenance man. On January 8, 1982, the bleachers on which he was walking moved, his foot was…