The question in this case is the proper rate of compensation for a disease due to compressed air. At the time of the last injurious exposure on June 22, 1947 the maximum rate of compensation that would have been allowed in the case was $28 a week. Disablement due to caisson disease arising from this and earlier exposure to compressed air was found to have resulted on May 15, 1952. At that time the maximum rate of compensation was $32 a week and this is the rate allowed by...
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