Claim of Perrin v. Builders Resource, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 26, 2012, which, among other things, ruled that home health aide services provided to claimant were reimbursable at the rate of $12 per hour.

Claimant is receiving workers’ compensation benefits for *1209work-related injuries. Among those benefits, the Workers’ Compensation Board approved for him to receive home health aide services 10 hours per day. In May 2008, claimant’s sister began providing these services. Although the workers’ compensation carrier initially denied payment to the sister, following a January 2010 hearing…