Lemons v. STATE COMPENSATION DEPARTMENT

This is a workmen’s compensation case. It involves the question of whether there was causal connection between an accident-aggravated low back condition and a subsequent operation to repair an intervertebral disc in the low back where a fall intervened between the aggravation accident and the operation.

Claimant, a 37-year-old tire sales and service manager, had had low back troubles since about 1961. His testimony indicates pain and trouble with his back was fairly stable during the earlier period but during 1965 and 1966 he was under chiropractic treatment for compensable back problems…