Ohlig v. FMC Marine & Rail Equipment Division

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board which upheld a denial of his claim for a herniated spinal disc.

There is no dispute that claimant suffered a damaged disc; the issue is whether the damage is traceable to a fall at work. The carrier accepted his claim filed for an ankle injury received in the fall, but contended at the hearing that there was no causal relationship between the compensable injury to his ankle and his back condition. The referee found for the carrier. The Workers’ Compensation Board reversed, but upon reconsideration reversed itself and adopted the…