TANZER, Presiding Judge.
This is a claim for compensation for a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and resulting disease which occurred while the claimant was working as a pipe construction supervisor. He had knocked out a couple of 2 X 4's with a sledge hammer shortly before the collapse. Several years before, he had San Joaquin Valley fever, a lung disease, and had declined recommended surgery. Consequently, a blister grew on the lung. The mechanics of his present injury...
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