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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board

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In the Matter of ELAINE SNEED and U.S. POSTAL SERVICE,

POST OFFICE, Oakland, Calif.

 

Docket No. 96-739; Submitted on the Record;

Issued January 28, 1999

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DECISION and ORDER

 

Before   GEORGE E. RIVERS, WILLIE T.C. THOMAS,

MICHAEL E. GROOM

 

 

            The issue is whether appellant sustained a recurrence of disability on or after      January 26, 1994.

            The Board has given careful consideration to the issue involved, the contentions of appellant on appeal and the entire case record.  The Board finds that the decision of the hearing representative of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs dated May 25, 1995 is in accordance with the facts and the law in this case and hereby adopts the findings and conclusions of the Office hearing representative.[1]

            The decision of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs dated May 25, 1995 is hereby affirmed.

Dated,  Washington, D.C.

            January 28, 1999

 

 

 

                                                                                                            George E. Rivers

                                                                                                            Member

 

 

 

                                                                                                            Willie T.C. Thomas

                                                                                                            Alternate Member

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                            Michael E. Groom

                                                                                                            Alternate Member


     [1] The Board notes that the hearing representative stated that appellant claimed a recurrence of disability due to a September 5, 1983 employment injury.  Appellant, on her notice of a recurrence of disability form, attributed her recurrence of disability to an August 9, 1979 employment injury.  However, as the hearing representative properly considered whether appellant had submitted medical evidence which would establish that she sustained a recurrence of disability due to an employment-related back or neck condition, it does not affect the disposition of the case.