Appellants dispute the finding of an occupational disease, claiming that any use of the hands would produce the same result in a person inherently susceptible to that disease. The claimant was a chef. Medical testimony clearly created a question of fact that while all chefs are not susceptible to Dupuytren's contracture, the nature of the occupation will produce the disability in a person who has the latent tendency. It is therefore an occupational disease and the board was...
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