Sci Manufacturing v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of State

Opinion by

Judge BRIGGS.

SCI Manufacturing (employer) petitions for review of an order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel). The Panel determined that workers’ compensation benefits for an occupational disease should be calculated in accordance with the law in effect at the onset of disability. We affirm.

Son Hwa McCray (claimant) began work with employer in May of 1985 assembling electronic components, which required repetitive upper arm movement. In December of 1989, claimant experienced persistent pain in her left arm and wrist. Claimant reported her condition to employer in August…