Glinka V.Workmens Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

On September 30, 1972, while employed by Sears, Roebuck and Company (employer) as a debt collector, William M. Glinka (claimant) suffered lower back inju ries in an automobile accident. Claimant attempted to return to work on November 27, 1972, but he developed a chronic lower back condition, which required disc surgery in February of 1973, and thereafter manifested a chronic post-laminectomy syndrome which made claimant unable to return to work. He has been receiving total disability benefits since this time.

On May 8, 1981, the claimant filed a Petition for Commutation…