Pilkanis v. Leesona Corporation

This petition, although entitled “Employee’s Petition to Review and/or Amend Agreement or Decree Concerning Compensation,” is in reality a petition for specific compensation wherein the employee seeks benefits either under G. L. 1956, §28-33-19(1) as amended, for the complete loss of hearing in his left ear or alternatively, under §28-33-19 (m) as amended, for a percentage loss of hearing. It comes to us on the employee’s appeal from a final decree of the full commission affirming a decree of a single commissioner denying and dismissing the petition.

The record is short and the facts…