Claimant had worked for 25 years for various employers as an asbestos pipe-coverer, and in this work he was exposed to asbestos dust. In March, 1954 he developed symptoms of tuberculosis and thereafter it was found that he also had asbestosis. As we read the record there was substantial medical evidence to support the finding that claimant was totally disabled because of both conditions. Tuberculosis of course is caused by tubercular bacillus and is a germ infection, and...
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