Ruvo v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

KALISH, Senior Judge.

Larry M. Ruvo (claimant) seeks review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the referee’s decision to dismiss claimant’s petition for benefits. We affirm.

The claimant alleges that on January 17, 1986, he woke up with terrible leg pains and muscle spasms in his left leg. The claimant was diagnosed as having a herniated disc. He contends that the leg pains and muscle spasms that he experienced on January 17, 1986 were actually the result of a back injury which he suffered at work two weeks earlier.

In order to establish a right to…