Hilyer v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY Senior Judge KELLEY.

Stephen Hilyer (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed an order of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ). The WCJ concluded that Joseph T. Patrick, Jr. Logging (Employer) was entitled, pursuant to the Penn sylvania Workers’ Compensation Act 1 (the Act), to the right to request and receive a second Impairment Rating Evaluation (IRE) within a twelve-month period. We affirm.

Claimant worked for Employer as a logger when, on April 29, 1997, he was struck on the head by a falling tree limb, suffering a…