Claim of Fellows v. Syracuse Supply Co.

Appeal by claimant from a decision which disallowed his claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Law for disability *792due to a back condition alleged to constitute an occupational disease. His attending physician testified to a history of pain while lifting, at a time when claimant was not working, and said that his diagnosis at the time was of an acute low back sprain and possible herniated disc. The physician to whom claimant was later referred received at the time no history of an industrial accident or of any work-connected condition; found osteoarthritic degenerative changes in the lower…