Thye v. Vermeer Sales & Service

KELLY, Judge.

Claimant, Donald H. Thye, seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Commission which denied his petition to reopen his claim for workmen’s compensation benefits on grounds that it was not timely filed. We affirm.

Claimant suffered a blow to his head in September 1972 and received immediate treatment for an open wound. A few weeks later he began to experience seizures, and in November 1972, he underwent brain surgery. Claimant stated that he had had seizures prior to 1966, when he had also had a craniotomy, but experienced no seizures between 1966 and 1972. In July 1973, he…