Haughton Elevator Company, and the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Employer/carrier v. Ernest A. Lewis

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

The Benefits Review Board of the United States Department of Labor readjusted the basis of compensation awarded Ernest A. Lewis from that of permanent partial disability in 1967, to permanent total disability in 1973. The disability arose from a single injury which was covered by the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., as amended.* His employer, Haughton Elevator Company, with its surety appeals. Id. 921. The thrust of their appeal is that despite the findings of present permanent total disability by the…