Compensation of Million v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board upholding SAIF’s denial of compensation for an operation performed to relieve rotator cuff tendonitis on her right shoulder. The Board reversed a referee’s decision ordering payment of the claim. We affirm.

Petitioner’s claim is one of occupational disease. She claims that her job, which involved repetitive and rapid movement of the hands and arms, was a contributing cause of her shoulder difficulties. The Board found that this present claim was barred by principles of res judicata in that the issue of the cause of her…