Kanna v. State Accident Insurance Fund

This is an appeal by the State Accident Insurance Fund from a circuit court order which allowed a claim for aggravation of a compensable injury. The circuit court affirmed an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, which in turn affirmed the hearing *596officer’s finding of aggravation. The Fund contends that no jurisdiction for consideration of an aggravation claim has been established and that, if so, the claim is barred because it was considered during the original proceedings.

On October 16, 1969, claimant suffered a compensable low back injury. The claim was closed with an award of 48…