Jeld-Wen, Inc. v. Cooper

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board setting aside employer’s denial of claimant’s low back claim. We affirm.

Claimant injured his back at work when he fell from a ladder. An MRI taken one month after the injury showed a healed compression fracture in his low back. Employer’s consultant, Dr. Courogan, opined that the fall had caused the fracture. Employer accepted the claim. Later, in evaluating a second MRI taken after employer’s acceptance of the claim, Courogan changed his opinion and concluded that the compression fracture must have occurred before the fall.

A…