Moreno v. Menlo Logistics, Inc.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board reversing an order of the administrative law judge (ALJ) and upholding employer’s denial of a claim for low back strain due to lack of proof of medical causation. We reverse the Board and remand the case for reconsideration.

The facts, for purposes of the issues presented for review, are largely undisputed. The Board found that claimant fell at work on April 21,1998, when his right foot caught on the lip of a trailer that he had been unloading and his left leg went down in the space between the dock and the trailer. On April…