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Fuessenich v. State/Dept. of Public Safety/State Police, 4416 CRB-1-01-7 (June 21, 2002).
Claimant passed pre-employment physical without any mention of hypertension in report, and trier was unpersuaded by doctor’s opinion that 135/90 blood pressure reading, high cholesterol level and height-weight ratio indicated that there was then evidence of hypertension. CRB affirmed finding that rebuttable presumption of compensability remained intact, as a doctor’s report cannot rebut said presumption unless trier affords it some credence. CRB also expressed doubt that current notions of acceptable blood pressure and cholesterol reading should be used to second-guess opinion of doctor who performed a pre-employment examination 20 years earlier. See also, Fuessenich, § 31-307, § 31-308(b).
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