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THE EVIDENCE DID NOT SUPPORT THE FINDING CLAIMANT’S INJURY WAS WORK-RELATED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing the Workers’ Compensation Board, determined the evidence that claimant suffered a meniscus tear at work was insufficient:

“The Board is empowered to determine the factual issue of whether a causal relationship exists based upon the record, and its determination will not be disturbed when supported by substantial evidence” … . Although the medical opinion evidence relied upon by the Board to demonstrate the existence of a causal relationship does not need to be expressed with absolute or reasonable medical certainty, “it must signify a probability of the underlying cause that is supported by a rational basis and not be based upon a general expression of possibility” … . …

Bruce Greene, claimant’s treating orthopedic surgeon, testified that it was difficult to determine when the meniscus tear occurred. He further testified that there is “a strong possibility [that] there was an acute or chronic tear of [the] meniscus” and that it is “very reasonable that something could have happened at work that exacerbated a chronic [condition].” The Board, finding that the medical testimony expressing that it was “highly possible” that the injury was causally related to work, falls short of the reasonable probability that is required to establish a causal relationship between claimant’s employment and his injury. Matter of Johnson v Borg Warner, Inc., 2020 NY Slip Op 04897, Third Dept 9-3-20

 

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