New York: Video Surveillance of Injured Firefighter’s Activities Showed Different Picture of Level of Disability
Where a claimant, former firefighter, represented during a functional capacity evaluation that he was unable to lift and/or carry any weighted objects, crouch, reach for an object, or complete any of the balance tests required during the evaluation, yet surveillance video showed the claimant was subsequently able, without any apparent difficulty, to bend, lift and carry objects (including boards and boxes), walk, raise...