by Melissa Day | Nov 24, 2014 | NYS Workers Compensation
The Board has announced the adoption of the Non-Acute Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines (“NAP MTG”). As with the other MTGs for the neck, back, knee, shoulder and carpal tunnel syndrome, there are 22 guiding principles which provide a general framework for all the...
by Melissa Day | Nov 23, 2014 | NYS Workers Compensation
By decision drafted by Justice Pigott (Justices Read, Smith and Abdus-Salaam concur) the New York Court of Appeals affirms that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not exceed its statutory authority when it promulgated portions of the Medical Treatment Guidelines. The...
by Melissa Day | Nov 22, 2014 | NYS Workers Compensation
Following the Board’s decision in Matter of Longley Jones, 2012 NY Wrk Comp 60704882, which held that a claimant’s wages cannot be the sole factor for determining Loss of Wage Earning Capacity, a finding of a 0% Loss of Wage Earning Capacity seemed to be a thing of...