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THE BOARD SHOULD NOT HAVE RELIED ON THE OPINION OF AN EXPERT WHO DID NOT FOLLOW THE IMPAIRMENT GUIDELINES BY REVIEWING THE UPDATED X-RAYS OF CLAIMANT’S HIP (THIRD DEPT). ​

The Third Department, reversing the Workers’ Compensation Board, determined the board relied on the opinion of an expert, Petroski, who did not follow the impairment guidelines by consulting the updated x-rays of claimant’s hip:

Nowhere in his … report … does Petroski … indicate that he had obtained and considered and reviewed updated X rays, as required by Special Consideration No. 8 of the impairment guidelines … , in arriving at his conclusion that claimant had sustained a 0% SLU [schedule loss of use] of her left leg. … [T]he deposition testimony of Petroski also does not reflect that had he obtained and considered updated X rays in rendering his opinion about the appropriate SLU of claimant’s left leg. Although Petroski stated that no new history was given at the time of or during his examination of claimant, he acknowledged that he did not recall declining to review X rays that claimant brought with her to the examination for him to review. … Inasmuch as Petroski did not obtain and consider updated X rays consistent with the impairment guidelines, the Board’s determination to credit Petroski’s finding that claimant sustained a 0% SLU was not supported by substantial evidence and must be reversed … . Matter of Strack v Plattsburgh City Sch. Dist., 2022 NY Slip Op 00710, Third Dept 2-3-22

 

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