Solomon

Petitioner, Edward Solomon, seeks review and annulment of a decision following reconsideration of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board that rescinded an award made by a referee.

Petitioner, a 41-year-old pharmaceutical helper and maintenance man employed by Leo Linden Laboratories, sustained an injury to his back on April 22, 1969, when, while standing on a pallet on an uplifted forklift machine unloading sugar sacks onto a platform, he fell through a space between the pallet and the platform onto the concrete floor. The injury allegedly resulted in a totally disabling post-traumatic neurosis.

Petitioner has not worked since he was terminated by his employer on May 21, 1969. He entered the Veterans Administration Hospital as an in-patient on September 17, 1969, and on October 5, 1970, when he was examined by the medical examiner appointed by the board, he was still in the Veterans Hospital.

On June 12, 1970, after a hearing, a referee found that petitioner had sustained an injury to his back resulting in post-traumatic neurosis, and made an award of temporary disability beginning May 21, 1969, through April 23, 1970, and continuing thereafter, and further medical…