Best v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

JACOBSON, Chief Judge, Division 1.

This review of an award of the Industrial Commission denying a petition to reopen an industrial claim raises the issue of whether the claimant is presently suffering from a mental or physical disability related to his 1962 industrial accident.

In April, 1962, petitioner, Clyde A. Best, was injured in two consecutive separate accidents, one to his left index finger and the other to his back and head. This industrial claim was closed by an award in 1963, finding a 25% loss of function of the left minor arm. This award became final. Thereafter, petitioner…