His current mailing address is Rt. 1, Box 215A, Chester, VT 05143. The claimant began working for the defendant as a painter right out of high school. He has been an extremely conscientious worker, and the defendant has been a tolerant and flexible employer. None of the doctors or therapists who have treated him suspect malingering.
Medical records describe the claimant as very or extremely thin.
His treating physician, Dr. Shoemaker, saw this as possible C-6 nerve root irritation. Later he suffered pain, nausea, and a two-day headache after a sneeze while driving. The driving was not work related. He continued to be bothered by aches, pains, stiffness and numbness for which his physicians could find no specific cause or cure. Because overhead work was particularly painful for him, the claimant avoided painting ceilings, moving ladders, and in general doing any kind of work involving reaching above his shoulders.