Claim of Cameron v. Crooked Lake House

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 23, 2011, which ruled that claimant had sustained a causally related loss of earning capacity.

In April 2007, claimant sustained a work-related injury to his lower back while moving a commercial dishwasher at the Crooked Lake House in Rensselaer County and thereafter successfully applied for workers’ compensation benefits. In October 2010, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge classified claimant as having sustained a marked (75%) permanent partial disability and a 75% loss of wage-earning capacity. Upon review, the Workers’…