Thompson v. Mayflower Coal Company

PALMORE, Judge.

In this Workmen’s Compensation proceeding the referee found that “the plaintiff is disabled now but it is all caused and brought about by the disease of osteoarthritis and none of said disability was caused by the accident of September 5, 1961.” That finding was affirmed by the full board and sustained on appeal to the Letcher Circuit Court.

It is the claimant’s contention that his disability is the result of a herniated disc. The board having found against him, he is entitled to a reversal only if on the basis of all the evidence in the case it is clear that this was the only…