Matherly v. State Accident Insurance Fund

In this workmen’s compensation case the referee, the Workmen’s Compensation Board and the circuit court have each affirmed a determination order which, in effect, granted claimant a permanent partial disability award of 40 percent loss of function of the right leg.1 Claimant appeals, contending alternatively that his compensable knee injury was a substantial cause of a generalized rheumatoid arthritic condition which has rendered him incapable of regularly performing any work at a gainful and suitable occupation and that he is, therefore, entitled to an award of permanent total disability,2…