The appellant in this workers' compensation case, whose job required heavy lifting, alleged that he developed hemorrhoids as a gradual-onset injury. The administrative law judge denied benefits after concluding that appellant's hemorrhoids were not a compensable gradual-onset injury under the new Act. The Commission adopted the administrative law judge's opinion as its own, and this appeal followed.
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