Claim of Ricapito v. Haskel

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed July 12, 1974, which determined that the death of the decedent herein was causally related to a compensable occupational disease and, accordingly, awarded death benefits to the claimant-widow. On August 26, 1953, decedent became disabled as a result of occupational silicosis and from that date until his death on May 16, 1968 he was paid compensation benefits. At the time of his death, it appears that he was likewise afflicted with diabetes, lung cancer and arteriosclerotic heart disease, and the sole question presented on this…