Claim of Chatman v. Acme Steel & Malleable Iron Works

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which found that the claimant was permanently and totally disabled due to silicosis. It is conceded that the claimant was suffering from moderately advanced silicosis but the appellant contends that the total disability was not due to the pulmonary condition. The doctor for the carrier testified disability was due principally to a cardiac condition. The board medical specialist in dust diseases stated that the major disability was pulmonary, but the heart condition played a contributing factor and that all of these conditions resulted *727…