Robinson v. Nabisco, Inc.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order holding that a herniated disc injury that she sustained during an independent medical exam (IME) was not compensable as a consequence of the compensable low back injury that necessitated the IME. We affirm.

Claimant suffered a compensable injury on April 15, 1981, while working on an assembly line for employer. She was diagnosed with low back strain and leg radiculopathy, both on the right side. She was hospitalized and eventually returned to work. On February 9, 1982, she was declared medically stationary, her claim was closed and…