Ratcliff v. State Compensation Commissioner

Given, Judge :

The claimant, Theodore Ratcliff, filed his application with the State Compensation Commissioner, claiming the right to benefits based on the occurrence of an occupational disease other than silicosis. The Commissioner granted an award for “total temporary disability benefits from February 7,1959 through June 6,1960”. The Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board reversed the order of the Commissioner, holding that the pertinent statutory provision “clearly excludes from compensability mere aggravation of disease other than silicosis”.

Claimant, a boiler maker and welder, was employed…