EE HAS SUFFERED FROM CARPAL TUNNEL WITH EE REPORTING IT AS OCCUPATIONAL INJURY ON 10-6-98. EE HAS HAD NO RESTRICTED DUTY OR LOST TIME UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN HE WAS SEEN BY PHYSICIAN WHO SCHEDULED HIM FOR SURGERY TO CORRECT. THIS SURGERY WAS ON 7-19-02 WHICH WAS ALSO EE'S FIRST DAY MISSED.