Claim of Buehler v. Rose

Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant was employed as a practical nurse at a convalescent home. On February 25, 1952 she sustained a comminuted fracture of the right patella in the course of her work, and the following year, as a result of the first injury, sustained a further fall and additional injuries. As the result of these accidents claimant was at first totally and then partially disabled and in 1955 the ease was closed and a schedule award of 25% permanent loss of the right leg was allowed. In 1956 she suffered a further injury to the leg in an…