Starkey v. Builders FirstSource Ohio Valley, L.L.C.

{¶ 21} I respectfully dissent.

{¶ 22} In this case, the majority has determined that a workers’ compensation claim alleging that a work-related injury caused a medical condition also includes a claim that the injury aggravated the same preexisting medical condition, thereby permitting the common pleas court to consider aggravation of a preexisting condition on appeal if the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation allowed the condition as directly caused by the employment.

{¶ 23} A workers’ compensation claim alleging that a work-related injury caused a medical condition is different from a workers’…