Dillon v. Whirlpool Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) affirming employer’s denial of his claim for injury to his lower back. Claimant argues that the Board erred as a matter of law in failing to defer to the opinion of the treating physician as to the compensability of his claim and as a matter of fact in finding that he had failed to establish compensability. We affirm.

We take the facts from the findings of the Board. Claimant worked for employer as an appliance repair person. He had a prior history of injuries to his lower back. On July 1, 1998, in the course of his…