| Date: | 02/28/2011 |
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| Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
| Docket Number: | DIA Board Nos. 000137-06, 016521-07 |
| Location: | Boston |
- Employee: James Belanger
- Employer: City of Chelsea Police Department
- Self Insurer: City of Chelsea
FABRICANT, J. The self-insurer appeals from a decision in which the administrative judge awarded the employee benefits based on a 2007 date of injury. In 2002, the employee suffered a work injury to the same body part, his neck, and the self-insurer argues that the awarded benefits should have been based on this earlier injury date. Because the medical and lay evidence support the judge's findings and conclusion that a new injury occurred in 2007, we affirm the decision.