Reginald Holston v. New Haven Police Department

Summary

The court affirmed the Workers' Compensation Review Board's determination that the plaintiff's claim for heart disease benefits was timely even though his earlier hypertension claim was untimely. The court held that the statute treats hypertension and heart disease as separate diseases, so the limitation period for the heart disease claim began when that disease manifested. The court also concluded that the statute does not require proof that the heart disease was causally connected to employment, making the alleged proximate-causation errors immaterial.