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ABSENT A FINDING OF PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY, CLAIMANT NEED NOT SHOW ATTACHMENT TO THE LABOR MARKET AND IS ENTITLED TO RELY ON HER CHIROPRACTOR’S OPINION SHE IS TEMPORARILY TOTALLY DISABLED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing the Workers’ Compensation Board, determined claimant was not required to show attachment to the labor market because there had not been a finding of permanent partial disability:

Claimant sought review by the Workers’ Compensation Board, contending that she was not required to demonstrate attachment to the labor market because, absent a finding that she had sustained a permanent partial disability, she was entitled to rely upon her chiropractor’s opinion that she was temporarily totally disabled. …

Claimant’s obligation to demonstrate attachment to the labor market is predicated — in the first instance — upon a finding of a permanent partial disability … . Matter of Bowers v New York City Tr. Auth., 2019 NY Slip Op 08748, Second Dept 12-5-19

 

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