Arlington Auto Body Service v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Concurring Opinion by

Judge Palladino :

I concur with the result only for the following reasons. In both Plasteel Products Corp. v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, 32 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 405, 379 A.2d 908 (1977) and Crucible Steel Corp. v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, 52 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 165, 415 A.2d 458 (1980), this Court held that the work place aggravation of a preexisting disease constitutes an “injury” under Section 301(c) of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act1 as long as the harm sustained is occupational in nature. To prove that such harm is occupational in…