Young v. Workers' Compensation Commissioner

MILLER, Justice:

This is an appeal by the claimant, Cleo L. Young, from a final order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, dated April 15, 1988, which affirmed a ruling of the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner granting the claimant a second injury life award effective March 26, 1986. The claimant contends that the Appeal Board was clearly wrong in not finding that his disability commenced on August 31, 1978, the date of injury.

The claimant was employed by Eastern Associated Coal Corporation as an underground coal miner. On August 31, 1978, the claimant, then thirty-three years old,…