McGonigal v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (City of Philadelphia)

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

William McGonigal (Claimant) appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting the City of Philadelphia’s (Employer) petition for physical examination pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act). 1

On July 21, 1979, while working as an active duty municipal firefighter, Claimant began to experience nausea, dizziness, light-headedness, faintness and vomiting during a seven-part physical exertion test at a fire training school and had to be rushed to a hospital for…