Claim of Gaddis v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

On January 5, 1998, claimant injured her left knee in a work-related accident. In a decision dated January 28, 1999, claimant was awarded workers’ compensation disability benefits, treatment was authorized and no further action was planned. The final payment of benefits was made February 3, 1999 and, in October 1999, claimant retired. However, between July 2000 and August 2008, claimant’s treating physicians submitted reports to the Workers’ Compensation Board indicating that her left knee condition was worsening, and several surgeries were authorized and paid for by the employer’s workers’…