Puhl v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Anton Puhl (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) affirming the decision of the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to deny Claimant’s Claim Petition. The WCAB’s order also denied Claimant’s Petition for Remand. We vacate the denial of Claimant’s Claim Petition and reverse the denial of Claimant’s Petition for Remand.

Claimant worked primarily as a crane operator with Sharon Steel Corporation (Employer) for a period in the mid-1950s, and again from May 23, 1965 until Employer’s plant closed on October 18, 1992. (WCJ’s Findings of Fact,…