Steibing v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

DOYLE, Judge.

Henry Steibing (Claimant) appeals an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, which reversed a referee’s order granting him benefits and, in filing the appeal, he raises an issue of first impression: where a claim has been held to be time barred by the failure to file a petition within the required three year limitation under Section 434 of the Workers Compensation Act, may a claimant raise at any time during the proceedings, even for the first time on appeal, the receipt of Heart and Lung benefits,1 which would toll the running of the statutory time bar, because that…