MATTER OF LOUNSBURY v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.


21 A.D.2d 957 (1964)

In the Matter of the Claim of Robert Lounsbury, Respondent, v. United States Gypsum Company, Appellant. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 15, 1964


Per Curiam.

The board's finding of a "definite link between * * * occupation and exposure * * * and the aggravation of a pre-existing bronchiectasis * * * necessitating a left pneumonectomy" (emphasis supplied) is not the equivalent of a finding of a link between the employment and the particular disease; that is, "between the disease and some distinctive feature of the claimant's job", in which case the pre-existing condition would not bar an...

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