Smith v. Ingersoll-Rand Co.

— Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board filed August 20, 1973 which held that the date of disability of claimant’s decedent was May 25, 1960. On May 25, 1960 claimant’s decedent was admitted to the hospital for evaluation and treatment of silicosis and tuberculosis, and eventually after a hearing before a referee, an award was made with that date found as the date of total disablement. When this finding was made, claimant’s decedent had spent 69 days in the hospital, but also had already long since, in fact, returned to work and remained'thereat until November, 1971.…