Bunch v. IND. CLAIM APPEALS OFFICE OF STATE

Opinion by

Judge TERRY.

Dorothy Bunch (claimant), wife of the deceased employee, Billy Bunch (decedent), seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) denying medical benefits for the period before decedent gave notice of his occupational disease to Dow Chemical Company or its insurer, Travelers Property and Casualty Company (collectively employer). We affirm.

The administrative law judge (ALJ) made the following pertinent findings. Decedent worked at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant from 1957 until 1973, when he was laid off. At the time of the layoff, Rocky…