Claim of Darling v. Transport Drivers, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 27, 2005, which ruled that claimant did not sustain a causally related injury and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant, a truck driver for over 25 years, began experiencing neck pain in approximately 1998. Between that time and September 2003, he sought medical attention from multiple physicians, none of whom determined that his injury was causally related to his employment. In October 2003, claimant, maintaining that his neck problem was the result of an occupational disease, retained counsel…