Claim of Fischer v. United Parcel Service

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compen*1613sation Board, filed January 12, 2010, which ruled, among other things, that claimant voluntarily removed himself from the labor market and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant retired from his position as a delivery driver for United Parcel Service in April 2006. Prior to retiring, claimant was found to have established two work-related injuries to his back, one in 1998 and the other in 2001, neither of which caused claimant to lose time from work or resulted in the payment of benefits. In January 2008, claimant sought to…