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Finding that the claimant, who quit her job and relocated to a warmer climate in order to alleviate chronic pain associated with osteoarthritis, did so for urgent, compelling, and necessitous reasons.   Advocate: Greater Boston Legal Services

Board Decision reversing Review Examiner decision that claimant left work voluntarily when she quite her job to relocate to North Carolina.  Citing evidence of claimant's osteoarthritis and aggravating effects of cold weather on her condition, the Board concluded that she had left work for…

Finding that the claimant, who was not able to return from an approved leave of absence in Morocco because he required medical treatment for his dental pain, left work for urgent, compelling and necessitous reasons, even though the claimant may have been able to prevent the separation by providing…