Casdorph v. West Virginia Office Insurance Commissioner

This case is before this Court upon the appeal of Robert H. Casdorph, Jr. 1 (hereinafter “Appellant”) from a final order of the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review (hereinafter “BOR”) 2 entered December 20, 2006. In that order, the BOR reversed the decision of the Office of Judges (hereinafter “OOJ”) which had reversed the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission (hereinafter “Commission”). 3 The Commission initially rejected the Appellant’s claim finding that his condition, chronic myelogenous leukemia (hereinafter “CML”), was not compensable as an occupational disease. After the…