Claim of Cohen v. New York City Department of Environmental Protection

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 14, 2003, which ruled that claimant voluntarily withdrew from the labor market.

Claimant worked as an assistant chemist whose primary duty was computer data entry. In 1998, her claim for workers’ compensation benefits was established for occupational disease, notice and causal relationship for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and neck and back strain. Subsequently, claimant fell at work and her claim for workers’ compensation benefits was established for, among other things, wrist injuries. Claimant thereafter acquired…