§ 97-33. Prorating in event of earlier disability or injury. - North Carolina Statutes

§97‑33.  Prorating in event of earlier disability or injury.

If any employee is anepileptic, or has a permanent disability or has sustained a permanent injury inservice in the army or navy of the United States, or in another employmentother than that in which he received a subsequent permanent injury by accident,such as specified in G.S. 97‑31, he shall be entitled to compensationonly  for the degree of disability which would have resulted from the later accident if the earlier disability or injury had not existed. (1929,c. 120, s. 33; 1975, c. 832.)