Claim of Hayes v. Nassau County Police Department

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 9, 2009, which ruled that claimant voluntarily removed himself from the labor market and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant, a police officer, sustained work-related injuries in 1991 and 2000 automobile accidents, and he retired in 2002. When this case was last before us, we reversed a determination of the Workers’ Compensation Board that claimant voluntarily removed himself from the labor market, noting that the Board had failed to consider the testimony of Peter Lesniewski, claimant’s treating…