Claim of Snyder v. Clove Lakes Nursing Home

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 15, 1980, which held that claimant had a continuing causally related partial disability due to contact dermatitis after December 1, 1978. Claimant, employed as a maid by Clove Lakes Nursing Home, commenced the initial claim in July of 1978 on the basis of a medical report establishing that contact dermatitis of the hands was caused by claimant’s exposure to detergents and water during her employment. The referee found an occupational disease in the nature of dermatitis of both hands, awarded compensation and continued…