District Court, W.D. Michigan June 20, 1985, No. K84-353 CA (Tkac v. Veterans Administrator)

OPINION

BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.

Albert Tkac began work at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Battle Creek in 1972 as a boiler plan operator. He developed a work-related hearing impairment and discontinued his employment on April 9, 1975. He received Workers Compensation for three years, until March 1, 1978. On December 4, 1978, Mr.