Starkey v. Builders Firstsource Ohio Valley, L.L.C.

J. Howard Sundermann, Judge.

{¶ 1} The principal question raised in this appeal is whether a claimant who wishes to participate in the Workers’ Compensation Fund for a specific condition under a theory of direct causation must also include a claim for aggravation of a condition at the administrative level if the claimant wishes to raise aggravation of a condition in an appeal under R.C. 4123.512. Because we agree with those Ohio appellate districts that have held that aggravation of an *201appealed condition is based on a theory of causation that a claimant need not raise administratively before…