Schmidt v. Falls Dodge, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 7, 2008, which ruled that claimant’s schedule loss of use award is not subject to claimant’s awards in other workers’ compensation cases.

In 2005, claimant filed three separate workers’ compensation claims and was awarded benefits on each occasion. He submitted a fourth claim for hearing loss in 2007. After a hearing, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) established the claim for the occupational disease of binaural hearing loss and awarded claimant a 21.43% schedule loss of use, to be paid at $400 per week…