Claim of Greer v. Green Island Contracting Corp.

Appeals from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed November 14, 1974 and an amended *997decision filed October 16, 1975. From April 10, 1970 to December 14, 1970 claimant worked for the employer herein as a highway construction roller operator. Shortly thereafter, on December 21, 1970, he consulted Dr. Erwin Lindenfeld because his back had been bothering him, and Dr. Lindenfeld diagnosed his condition as "left anticus paresis and radiculitis * * * recent” and referred him to Dr. Harold Weichert, who performed a laminectomy on claimant on February 10, 1971. Subsequently, claimant…