Claim of Dendel v. R. Hoe & Co.

— Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed March 22, 1974. The employer and its insurance carrier appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which affirmed a referee’s decision allowing a schedule award for 28.2% loss of binaural hearing resulting from and causally related to an occupational hazard. Claimant’s hearing loss in his left ear resulted from a childhood disease. His loss of hearing in his right ear was found to be causally related to the occupational hazard. The board, in initially sending the case back to the referee for a further…