Johnson v. State Compensation Commissioner

Riley, Judge:

Claimant, John Johnson, appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner, refusing to reopen his case under Code, .23-5-1, as amended and reenacted by Chapter 137, Acts, West Virginia Legislature, 1939, Article 5, Sections 1(a) and Kb).

On July 10, 1942, claimant was injured in the course of and as a result of his employment in a mine of Lilly-brook Coal Company. His injury was first reported as a left inguinal hernia, but later as a right indirect hernia and a left direct hernia. For a time, because he…