Base v. Raytheon Aircraft Company

Malone, C.J.:

Donald D. Base, Jr., appeals foe denial of his workers compensation claim. Base alleged that his lower back was injured in a “series of events, repetitive use, cumulative traumas or microtraumas” as a maintenance worker at Raytheon Aircraft Company (Raytheon). The administrative law judge (ALJ) denied Base’s claim for payment of medical expenses he incurred for surgical treatment, finding that he failed to prove that he suffered personal injury in a series of accidents or that his back surgery was causally related to his work duties. Upon review, the Workers Com pensation Board…