Claim of Gates v. Gouverneur Talc Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 14, 1978. The board found: "the evidence, particularly the testimony of Dr. Brock, Dr. Miller and Dr. Port, indicates claimant had pneumoconiosis-talcosis to a minimal degree * * * that a claim for bronchi*639tis would be barred by Section 28 and that there is no significant evidence of causally related bronchitis; further that the medical evidence fails to show that the claimant’s minimal causally related talcosis aggravated claimant’s underlying cardiac condition.” The evaluation of medical evidence is a prerogative of the…