CAPLAN, Chief Justice:
These cases present substantially the same question and for the purpose of appeal are consolidated for decision. The question thus presented is whether a claimant who has been awarded permanent partial disability benefits for occupational pneumoconiosis is permitted under the workmen's compensation act to file a new claim, based upon essentially the same period of exposure or must he seek a reopening of the previous claim. The appeal board found...
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