Claim of Murphy v. Riverside Gas & Oil

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 28, 2011, as amended by decision filed January 14, 2012, which ruled that the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier is entitled to reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund.

Claimant was employed as an oil truck driver for over 20 years. In 2004, he applied for workers’ compensation benefits based upon pain in his right shoulder and rotator cuff that was the result of traveling “over many miles for years of work.” His claim was established with a date of injury of October 7, 1998 and a date of disability of August…