Claim of Soto v. Chemical Bank

— Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 9,1982. Claimant sustained an injury to his back on February 8, 1973. At that time he gave a history of prior low back pain and a laminectomy. An award was made to claimant. The carrier raised and litigated the question of the degree of disability causally related to the accident of February 8, 1973. By decision of January 15,1981, the board held that claimant’s disability “is due solely to the accident of February 8, 1973 and should not be apportioned”. The carrier did not appeal the board’s decision but rather sought…