Legal Opinion
Smith v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 25, 2007No. 05-AA-927PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAMER, Associate Judge:
Petitioner is appealing from a decision and order of the Compensation Review Board (the Board) affirming a compensation order by an Administrative Law Judge denying petitioner’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits under the District of Columbia’s Workers’ Compensation Act, D.C.Code §§ 32-1501-1545 (2001) (the WCA). Petitioner contends that the Board’s chosen “manifestation rule” for determining when cumulative traumatic injuries are compensable under the WCA conflicts with the Act’s presumption of compensability and that the Board’s decision should therefore be…
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