| Date: | 01/29/1999 |
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| Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
| Docket Number: | DIA Board No. 053738-89 |
| Location: | Boston |
- Employee: Christopher Lewin
- Employer: Danvers Butchery, Inc.
- Insurer: Public Service Mutual
CARROLL, J. The employee appeals a decision in which an administrative judge denied and dismissed his claim for § 30 medical benefits to pay for chiropractic treatment that he claimed was causally related to his accepted 1989 industrial injury. The employee argues that the judge applied the wrong standard in deciding that the employee’s palliative treatment was not compensable. We agree that the judge, while recognizing that palliative treatment can be compensable, appeared to base his denial of the claim on the lack of medical improvement gained from the treatment. We therefore recommit the case for clarification and further findings.