Claim of Lebron v. MTA, Long Island Bus Authority

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 28, 2002, which ruled that claimant sustained a compensable injury.

Claimant, a bus driver, sustained injuries to his neck, shoulder and back in a work-related automobile accident and filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Victor Gold, *665claimant’s orthopedic surgeon, examined claimant one month after the accident and diagnosed acute cervical and lumbosacral sprains, which rendered claimant severely to totally disabled. Robert Moriarty, an independent medical examiner, similarly diagnosed claimant with cervical…