Albert Einstein Healthcare v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge COHN JUBELIRER.

Albert Einstein Healthcare (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) grant of the Claim Petition, but modified the start date of the disability by making it earlier than was found by the WCJ. The primary issue before this Court on appeal is whether the Board erred as a matter of law in modifying the WCJ’s Decision by relying on Claimant’s testimony in place of expert testimony.

Cynthia Stanford (Claimant) was employed as a full-time psychiatric assistant by…