Appeal of Bergeron

The petitioner, Raymond Bergeron, appeals a decision of the New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board (board) denying him workers’ compensation benefits from respondent Richards & Sons, Inc., his prior employer, for medical expenses related to his 1996 hip replacement surgery. He argues that the board erred when it concluded that his condition necessitating the surgery resulted from either cumulative trauma or the aggravation or exacerbation of a preexisting condition. We vacate and remand.

We recite the facts as found by the board or as presented in the record. In 1985, the petitioner was…