King v. Building Supply Discount

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board determining that he has failed to establish the compensability of his coronary artery disease.

Claimant has had two compensable heart attacks. When he had his first heart attack in 1977, doctors also diagnosed coronary artery disease. Claimant had coronary bypass surgery, which apparently was not treated as a part of the compensable claim. In holding that the 1977 heart attack was compensable, the referee noted in a 1978 order that claimant’s underlying coronary artery disease “is of course not in issue.” When claimant had a…