U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board
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In the Matter of GARY G. STAMPO and U.S. POSTAL SERVICE,
POST OFFICE, Verona, PA
Docket No. 00-2769; Submitted on the Record;
Issued March 12, 2002
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DECISION and ORDER
Before DAVID S. GERSON, WILLIE T.C. THOMAS,
MICHAEL E. GROOM
The issue is whether appellant sustained recurrences of disability on August 30 and November 10, 1999, causally related to his January 21, 1992 employment injury.
The Board has given careful consideration to the issue involved, the contentions of the parties 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 August 24, 2000 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 August 24, 2000 decision of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs is hereby affirmed.
Dated, Washington, DC
March 12, 2002
David S. Gerson
Alternate Member
Willie T.C. Thomas
Alternate Member
Michael E. Groom
Alternate Member
[1] When an employee, who is disabled from the job he held when injured on account of employment-related residuals, returns to a light-duty position or the medical evidence of record establishes that he can perform the light-duty position, the employee has the burden of establishing by the weight of the reliable, probative and substantial evidence a recurrence of total disability and show that he cannot perform such light duty. As part of this burden, the employee must show a change in the nature and extent of the employment-related condition or a change in the nature and extent of the light-duty job requirements. Mary A. Howard, 45 ECAB 646 (1994); Terry R. Hedman, 38 ECAB 222 (1986).