Matter of Compensation of Aquillon

Claimant appeals from a determination by the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) affirming the referee’s order and upholding the carrier’s denial of compensability for a portion of an on-the-job knee injury that the carrier claims was solely the result of tuberculosis.

Claimant sustained the knee injury in December, 1978, when a metal door fell against his right knee, causing a tear of the medial meniscus. He underwent an arthroscopic meniscectomy in May, 1979, performed by Dr. Manley, who noted that the synovial fluid in the knee joint was cloudy. After the surgery, claimant continued to have…