As of 2017, a claimant with a permanent partial disability (PPD) who is entitled to awards when they are classified does not have to demonstrate ongoing labor market attachment (LMA). The mentality since the change in 2017 has been that if a claimant is entitled at classification then there is no way to bring up LMA in the future.
Prior to the 2017 reform, from December 23, 2010 through February 1, 2012, the Third Department Decision in the matter of Zamora (12/23/10), controlled labor market …
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