Claim of Gaff v. North Star Trucking

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 21, 1995, as amended by decision filed September 23, 1996, which ruled that claimant did not have a total industrial disability.

In 1983 claimant suffered a lower back injury while working as a truck driver. Claimant’s lifting ability was thereafter restricted. Claimant was ultimately classified as permanently partially disabled. The Workers’ Compensation Board, finding that claimant did not have a total industrial disability, ruled that he had failed to make a sufficient search for work. Claimant appeals. Medical…