Appeal of Boucher

The petitioner, Glen A. Boucher, appeals a decision of the New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board (board) determining the date from which interest was due on the contested portion of his permanent impairment award under RSA 281-A:44, I (1999). We reverse in part and remand.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. The petitioner suffered an injury to his left wrist and shoulder on March 3,1997, while employed by Kamco Supply Corporation. He filed for, and received, workers’ compensation *459benefits. Dr. Wolf, the petitioner’s treating physician, concluded in late August 1998 that the petitioner…