Young v. Daniels

REED, Judge.

Henry Daniels filed an application for workmen’s compensation benefits; he claimed total disability caused by silicosis. Six written medical reports from different physicians, in all of which a diagnosis of silicosis was recited, were filed with the application. Six days after the application and reports were filed, the Special Fund notified the board and all other parties interested that the claim was contested and resisted. The board set the claim for hearing. The claimant testified at the hearing. No medical evidence, by testimony or deposition, was adduced by either the…