Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 20, 2007, which ruled that claimant did not have a total industrial disability.
In 1984, 1987 and 1988, claimant sustained compensable injuries to his neck, shoulder and back—two while employed by Xerox Corporation and the third while employed by Monroe County Septic Service. Claimant ceased working in 1989, but was able to obtain his GED in 1990. Claims were eventually established, claimant was determined to be permanently partially disabled and liability was apportioned with respect to the three injuries. As is pertinent here, in 2005 claimant raised the issue of total industrial disability, but the Workers’ Compensation Board ultimately determined that claimant had failed to prove that he was totally industrially disabled. Claimant now appeals.
“A claimant who has a permanent partial disability may nonetheless be classified as totally industrially disabled where the limitations imposed by the work-related disability, coupled with other factors, such as limited educational background and work history, render the claimant incapable of gainful employment” (Matter of Barsuk v Joseph Barsuk, Inc., 24 AD3d 1118, 1118 [2005] , lv dismissed 6 NY3d 891 [2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 708 [2006] [citations omitted]; see Matter of Utley v General Motors Corp., 285 AD2d 843, 843 [2001]; Matter of Campbell v AC Rochester Prods., Div. of Gen. Motors Corp., 268 AD2d 711, 711-712 [2000]). The issue of whether a claimant has a total industrial disability is a question of fact for the Board to resolve, and the Board’s determination will not be disturbed if supported by substantial evidence (see Matter of Barsuk v Joseph Barsuk, Inc., 24 AD3d at 1119; Matter of Utley v General Motors Corp., 285 AD2d at 843; Matter of Campbell v AC Rochester Prods., Div. of Gen. Motors Corp., 268 AD2d at 712; Matter of Spangenberg v View Point Realty Corp., 178 AD2d 809, 809-810 [1991]).
Peters, J.P., Rose, Kane and Malone Jr., JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.
