There has been no award for disability and appellant carrier has declined to pay bills for medical treatment, asserting that it cannot become liable therefor prior to claimant's becoming "disabled from earning full wages" (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 37, subd. 1), since, in the case of occupational disease, "disablement" as thus constituted is treated as the happening of an "accident" for purposes of compensation (Workmen's Compensation Law, §§ 38, 39) and...
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