48 Ga. App. 663 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1934
We are unable to agree with counsel for plaintiff in error that the undisputed evidence showed that the injury to the claimant was confined solely to her leg and no superadded injury or disease was shown. Dr. O. W. Roberts testified that while the claimant’s total disability originated from the injury to her leg, the disability is not now (at the time of the trial) confined lo her leg but affects her entire body; that her disability could probably be removed by the amputation of her leg, but that on account of her age and diabetic condition the operation would be too dangerous; that he was not able to say what influence the injury to her leg had on her diabetic condition, but he was compelled to believe that her disability caused by the leg injury was capable of having been an active factor in the aggravating of her diabetic condition, and that it is quite probable that there is a relation between her leg injury and her present diabetic slate. The director of the Department of Industrial Relations, in his order awarding compensation, made the following statement: “The director finds that the injuries sustained by the claimant have every appearance of being permanent. This conclusion is reached after considering carefully all the evi
Affirmed.