Subsequent Injury Fund v. Devore

CRISWELL, Judge.

The Subsequent Injury Fund (SIF) petitions for review of the order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) holding SIF liable for 50% of the permanent total disability benefits due to Rodney W. De-vore (claimant) under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Its petition requires us to decide whether SIF is liable for such benefits if a claimant’s present disability results, in part, from a disability created by the imposition of trauma from an industrial accident upon a previously existing, non-disabling, physical condition. Because we conclude that the existence of such a…