Claim of Scheiber v. I. Simon & Co.

Appeal from a decision in a reopened case which held appellant carrier liable for claimant’s medical expenses during a period of total disability occurring some years after the case was closed upon approval of a nonschedule adjustment; no compensation payments being awarded, apparently because the lump-sum settlement had not then been expended. The board found that “ there was a change in claimant’s condition and in the degree of disability * * * which was not contemplated at the time of the lump sum approval”. (See Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 15, subd. 5-b.) Appellants contend simply that…