106 Ga. App. 130 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1962
This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the claimant sought compensation on the basis of a disability claimed to be due to an industrial disease, namely, silicosis. Medical testimony in the form of depositions of three medical doctors was heard by the board, their
“Where a claim before the State Board of Workmen’s Compensation involves a question of whether the employee is disabled as the result of an occupational disease, the sole jurisdiction to decide this medical issue lies with the Medical Board, and the only jurisdiction of the Board of Workmen’s Compensation is to enter an award in conformity therewith. Code Ann. § 114-819; Griffith v. Employers Mutual Liability Ins. Co., 100 Ga. App. 157 (110 SE2d 539). The findings of the Medical Board are conclusive and not reviewable unless an appeal is made directly therefrom on statutory grounds. Code Ann. § 114-823 (5); Borden Co. v. Fuerlinger, 95 Ga. App. 556 (1) (98 SE2d 410).” Farrill v. Travelers Ins. Co., 105 Ga. App. 600 (125 SE2d 562). No showing was sought to be made in this case that the board acted without or in excess of its powers or that the award was procured by fraud or that the facts found by the board did not support its decision. The judge of the superior court did not err in denying the appeal.
Judgment affirmed.