Klapacs's Case

The employee sustained an industrial injury in 1954, established, by agreements for compensation, as “retinal hemorrhages and myocardial infarction.” By the progression of his affliction, he had become legally blind. Since 1957, he has been under medication for diabetes, not claimed to be employment connected. At some time 1 before the matter came on for hearing before the single member on September 1, 1966, a hearing was requested as to the liability of the Commonwealth for a bill for nursing services rendered by the employee’s wife from September 17, 1954, to date. The board allowed…