CASE NO. 4902 CRB-5-04-12 CLAIM NO. 600131270CONNECTICUT COMPENSATION REVIEW BOARD CONNECTICUT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
JANUARY 13, 2006
OPINION
JOHN A. MASTROPIETRO, CHAIRMAN.
The respondent filed an appeal from the December 27, 2004 Ruling on the claimant’s Motion To Preclude of the Commissioner acting for the Fifth District.[1] The pertinent facts are as follows.
The claimant appellee was a police officer for the Borough of Naugatuck. The claimant appellee began his employment with the respondent in 1980 and continued that employment through at least the date of the initial formal hearing. See Finding ¶ 1. The claimant filed three (3) Forms 30C Notices of Claim dated June 3, 2003. Two of the claim notices identify the date of injury as “Repetitive Cumulative Approx. 2/1/80 — Present” and cite the body parts effected as “Hypertension/heart disease/cardiovascular condition.” The only distinction between these two Forms 30C is that one Form 30C indicates that the claim is being brought pursuant to chapter 568 and the second Form 30C is being brought pursuant to § 7-433c.
The third Form 30C filed also cites the date of injury as “Repetitive Cumulative Approx. 2/1/80 — Present.” However, that Form 30C identifies the body parts affected as bilateral upper and lower extremities and describes the injury as “[a]ggravation of pre-existing arthritis/inflammatory disease.” See Claimant’s Exhibits A, B and C. This third claim was also brought pursuant to chapter 568.
A Form 43 notice of contest to the § 7-433c claim was filed by the respondent August 7, 2003. A Form 43 notice of contest as to the heart and hypertension claim brought pursuant to chapter 568 was filed August 7, 2003 and the Form 43 notice of