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LAKE, CHAIRMAN A* w h i t e . Vi c e c h a ir ma n j QFF|NBERRY R. M. ANDRE, M. D. Su pe r v i s o r Med i CAL SECTION .HARD H. HILDEBRANT, Secr et ar y v'S . \ .-- \ ' .V V V Th e W O RKM EN 'S CO M P EN SA T I O N In d u st r ia l Co m m issio n o f MEDICAL SECTION CO LU M BU S DN io W -V u .i-' V t v' \ '` IN R E CLA I M N O. D r. R obt. A. K ehoe, U n iv ersity o f C in cin n ati, C o lleg e o f M edicine, C in c in n a ti, O hio. A ugust 3 1 s t, 1943. D ec'd . D ear D octor K ehoe: - R eferrin g to your l e t t e r o f A ugust 2 4 th , 1943, p le a se be ad v ised th a t th is claim is ju s t b ein g subm itted to th e Com m ission f o r c o n s id e r a tio n . I t i s th e p o lic y o f th e C om m ission t h a t w h enever th e r e i s a re a s o n a b le doubt concerning th e re la tio n s h ip o f a d is a b ility , o r, as in t h i s c a se , d e a th , th e c laim an t i s alw ays g iv en th e b e n e fit o f th e do u b t. In th is case, a reaso n ab l doubt e x i s t s t h a t t h i s m an's d e a th may have b e e n th e re s u lt o f lead e n c e p h a litis . At le a s t, as you s ta te , we c a n n o t deny th e r e l a t i o n s h i p . T h e re fo re , i n v iew o f th e f a c t t h a t we c a n n o t deny t h a t d eath was re la te d to h is o ccu p atio n , th e claim w ill be allow ed a s a d e a th claim . P ro p er d eath aw ards w ill be g ra n te d to th e widow an d a l l m e d ic a l e x p e n se s o f th e la s t illn e s s w ill be p a id . P lease co n sid er th is in form ation as o f f th e reco rd and c o n fid e n tia l because th e C om m ission h as n o t a s y e t h e a rd th e c a s e . H ow ever, i f th e claim m eets a l l le g a l re q u ire m e n ts, th a t i s , th e e m p lo y e r h a s W orkmen' s C o m p en satio n c o v e ra g e and c la im a n t was a le g a l r e s id e n t, th e c laim w ill u n d o u b ted ly be allow ed. W ith k in d e s t p e rs o n a l r e g a rd s , I am, -? BA/MMW. C h ief, O ccu p atio n al D iseases, IN_ REPLYING, ALWAYS REFER TO CLAIM NUMBER. NOTIFY THE CHIEF IF YOUR INQUIRIES ARE NOT ANSWERED WITHIN TEN DAYS.