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Stroke Not Work-Related

The Third Department affirmed the determination that claimant’s stroke was not work-related:

Inasmuch as it is undisputed that claimant’s stroke occurred while he was at work, he was entitled to the statutory presumption that his stroke arose out of and in the course of his employment (see Workers’ Compensation Law § 21… ). The employer, however, may rebut that presumption with substantial evidence to the contrary … . Here, the employer’s medical expert opined that claimant’s stroke was not related to his employment, but was directly related to certain preexisting conditions, including cerebral vascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and a prior transient ischemic attack, which combined to put claimant “at extreme risk for a stroke.”Claimant’s medical expert, although unaware of certain of claimant’s preexisting conditions that he testified may be predisposing factors for a stroke, concluded that claimant’s stroke was caused by job related exertion and fatigue. * * *Inasmuch as the Board is vested with the authority to credit the opinion of one medical expert over another …, its determination that there was no causal relationship between claimant’s stroke and his employment is supported by substantial evidence and will not be disturbed. Matter of Pengal v Chloe Foods Corporation…, 513003, 3rd Dept 11-14-13

 

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