Dimitropoulos's Case

More than twenty years ago the employee was involved in an accident (which need not concern us), as a result of which his right eye was enucleated. On August 24, 1957, while in the course of his employment with the Worcester Stamped Metal Company, he received a blow on the head. Shortly thereafter his vision in his left eye became impaired and a medical examination revealed that he had a detached retina. ■ On September 7,1957, an operation was performed to remedy this condition; as a result “vision was 20/30, corrected, the retina was in situ and the eye looked very good.” The only impairment…