Bowling v. State Compensation Commissioner

Maxwell, Judge:

Claimant received a severe injury at the base of his skull while working for the West Virginia Coal & Coke Company in Logan County January 31,1928. Hospitalization followed. Claim for compensation was promptly filed and allowed, he being awarded compensation as under an “open claim” for some time. September 11, 1929, tbe commissioner made a finding of twenty-five per centum partial permanent disability. February 14, 1930, upon further consideration of the matter, the commissioner increased the rating to fifty per centum under which rating claimant’s compensation would have…