Claim of Fowler v. International Talc Co.

— Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed August 2, 1974, which awarded benefits upon a finding that the claimant was totally industrially disabled due to the occupational disease of talcosis and that there was permanent total disability. The claimant’s condition of talcosis was first diagnosed by his physician, Dr. Miller. That physician advised that the claimant should stop working in dusty environments. Thereafter, the claimant filed a claim for compensation and was examined by Dr. Brock, a member of the board’s panel of dust consultants on August 10, 1973. Dr.…