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CLAIMANT, WHO HAD RETIRED, BUT CLAIMS TO HAVE REATTACHED TO THE LABOR MARKET, DID NOT DEMONSTRATE HIS INABILITY TO FIND COMPARABLE WORK WAS RELATED TO HIS ASBESTOS-CAUSED DISABILITY, MATTER REMITTED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing the Workers’ Compensation Board, determined the claimant, who had retired but claimed to have reattached to the labor market, had not demonstrated his inability to find comparable work was related to his asbestos-caused disability:

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We agree with the employer that the Board failed to address its argument that claimant had not satisfied his burden of establishing that his inability to find work, and the related loss of earnings, was causally related to his disability. In order to be entitled to benefits, a claimant who has previously voluntarily retired but claims to have subsequently reattached to the labor market must demonstrate that his or her “earning capacity and his [or her] ability to find comparable employment had been adversely affected by his [or her] disability” … . This burden requires a claimant to demonstrate “that other factors totally unrelated to his [or her] disability did not [cause the] adverse affect on his [or her] earning capacity” … . Despite the employer arguing that claimant had failed to meet his burden in this regard, the Board did not discuss or make findings as to whether claimant had established a relevant nexus between his work-related disability and his unsuccessful job search. As the Board failed to engage in its fact-finding role and deprived the employer of consideration of the merits of the issue, we must reverse the Board’s decision in order to allow that review to occur … . Matter of Pontillo v Consolidated Edison of N.Y., Inc., 2017 NY Slip Op 08760, Second Dept 12-14-17

 

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW (CLAIMANT, WHO HAD RETIRED, BUT CLAIMS TO HAVE REATTACHED TO THE WORK FORCE, DID NOT DEMONSTRATE HIS INABILITY TO FIND WORK WAS RELATED TO HIS ASBESTOS-CAUSED DISABILITY, MATTER REMITTED (THIRD DEPT))

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