Ferraro v. P. Nathan & Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 15, 1980. It is undisputed that claimant has contracted the compensable occupational disease of dermatitis of his hands. It is also undisputed that claimant sought medical treatment for that condition in 1964 and the board’s finding that the date of disablement is September 16, 1964 is supported by substantial evidence. Finally, the record establishes that the claim was made more than seven years after the date of disablement and more than three years after the last advance payment of compensation by the employer. The…