Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York October 14, 1982 (Claim of Saad v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.)

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 22, 1980, which denied claimant’s application to reopen his case. The sole issue on this appeal is whether the decision of the board in refusing to again reopen this case was arbitrary or capricious and an abuse of discretion. These elements must be present if this court is to interfere (Matter of Eddings v Big Jim Serv.