The employer and its carrier appeal from a determination by the Workers' Compensation Board that claimant's disabling back condition was a compensable occupational disease, which was not apportionable with a preexisting condition. In 1970, while serving in the United States Marine Corps, claimant was operated on for removal of nonmalignant bone tumor (osteoid osteoma) from his vertebrae. Upon discharge from the Marines, claimant was awarded...
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