Morse v. New Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 7, 1976, which held that the claimant had not sustained an occupational disease. The sole issue before the board was whether or not there was a causal connection between the contact dermatitis and/or chemical burn sustained by the claimant in the course of his employment and the present disability of mycosis fungoides, a form of cancer. The board found, as follows: "Dr. Joseph J. Eller, the designated specialist, reported that the disease which the claimant now has is not related to the dermatitis caused by the weed…