Norato v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Barbieri,

¡Claimant, Louis Norato, appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing a referee’s award entered following the Board’s remand on appeal from a prior disallowance.

Claimant’s claim petition requested total disability benefits for a back condition allegedly due to injury from a fall at work on June 1, 1971. After hearings, the referee disallowed compensation by order dated June 26, 1975, based upon the following finding:

2. The Claimant has a prior history of back problems including a back fusion in 1959. The Claimant’s disability, of…