Miller v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

DANIELSON, J.

Petitioner (applicant) seeks review of the decision of respondent Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) denying applicant’s petition to reopen for new and further disability.

*352We annul the Board’s decision because the Board erred in determining applicant did not sustain new and further disability attributable to industrial injury.

Procedural and Factual Background

Applicant was employed as a firefighter by defendant County of Los Angeles from August 1956 through May 13, 1982.

During a routine medical examination on May 13, 1982, it was discovered applicant had left…