WHICHARD, Justice.
The issue is whether the pain that must accompany an injury resulting in a hernia to render the injury compensable under N.C.G.S. § 97-2(18)(c) must occur simultaneously with the sustaining of the injury. We answer in the negative.
The Hearing Commissioner made, and the full Industrial Commission adopted, the following findings of fact:
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