Consol Pa Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

COLINS, President Judge.

Consol Pa Coal Company (employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee’s decision to award disability benefits to Steven Bardos (claimant) under Section 301(e)(1) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1 We reverse.

The facts as found by the referee are that the claimant filed a claim petition in 1991 alleging that he became disabled on April 1, 1990 because of a pulmonary injury suffered while in the course of employment. In 1988, the claimant had received compensation benefits for facial disfigurement.…