Gonzales's Case

The single member to whom the case was referred for a full evidentiary hearing (G. L. c. 152, § 8) following the entry (under G. L. c. 152, § 7, as appearing in St. 1972, c. 742, § 1) of the June 24, 1977, order authorizing the discontinuance of compensation payments (see Assuncao’s Case, 372 Mass. 6, 9 [1977]; Rival’s Case, 383 Mass. 172, 173 [1981]; Manoli’s Case, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 222, 223-224 [1981]) identified the issue as the “[e]xtent of present disability” (emphasis supplied). The opposing medical experts who testified at the § 8 hearing differed as to whether there was any causal…