Bryant v. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.

BY THE COMMISSION.

This cause came on to be heard on an application for review of a deputy commissioner’s order denying compensation. Claimant suffered an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment with Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Prior to this accident he had suffered from an inguinal hernia since 1942. The employer had full knowledge of his condition prior to the accident. As a result of the accident his hernia was aggravated and became enlarged and he was unable to work from the date thereof until after he had received surgical repair.

*122The deputy commissioner denied the…