The board found claimant sustained accidental injuries in the nature of an aggravation of a pre-existing unstable fifth lumbar vertebra while he was loading reels of wire weighing 200 pounds. There is a conflict in the medical evidence on the issue of causally related disability, but there is substantial evidence in the record to sustain the finding of the board. The employer did not know of claimant's injuries until he reported it seventy days after the accident. However...
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