Claim of Osowski v. Board of Cooperative Educational Services

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 25, 1979, which denied claimant continuing compensation payments on the basis that he voluntarily left his employment. Claimant began his employment with BOCES as a teacher’s aid in the automotive shop in September, 1972. He sustained a compensable back injury in January of 1975 which caused him to be out of work for five weeks. Claimant continued in his employment without any significant lost time until the fall of 1977. Thereupon, through two letters dated October 6 and October 17, claimant notified his employer of…