Hyman v. Farmland Feed Mill

James R. Cooper, Judge.

In a prior proceeding, the appellant in this workers’ compensation case was determined to be suffering from a compensable occupational disease, bronchial asthma. On October 25, 1985, a further hearing was held to address the appellant’s contention that he was entitled to permanent disability benefits, and, in an opinion dated September 9, 1986, the administrative law judge found the appellant to be permanently and totally disabled, and apportioned fifty percent of his disability to pre-existing asthma and ten percent to his cigarette smoking habit. These findings were…