Claim of Forshee v. Gates Albert, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 4, 2009, which ruled that apportion^ ment applied to claimant’s workers’ compensation award.

Claimant obtained workers’ compensation benefits for back injuries in 1988 and 1995, and was classified as having a permanent partial disability attributable to both. He continued to work when well enough to do so and, in 1998, entered into lump-sum settlements for both claims. Claimant sustained another work-related back injury in 2007. Following hearings, a workers’ compensation law judge determined that claimant had a *1475moderate…