Claim of Kelsey v. New York State University at Geneseo

—Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 27, 1995, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant sustained a compensable injury and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant was employed as a cleaner when she was injured at work by a metal door which fell over, striking her on the back. At a hearing before a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) claimant’s chiropractor, James Watkins, testified that although claimant was suffering from a cancerous tumor in her spine, a portion of her back pain was nonetheless caused by her employment-related…