the Claim of McKinney v. Allied Chemical Corporation

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed May 22, 1975. Claimant, Samuel McKinney, sustained a compensable knee injury while working for appellant Allied Chemical Corporation. On October 18, 1971, an award was made including schedule amounts for temporary total and permanent partial disability. On November 8, 1973 the case was reopened to consider, inter alia, whether the cost of surgery performed in September, 1973 on the injured knee could be recovered by claimant. The referee found that claimant was entitled to the surgery costs, and the board affirmed that part of…