Johnson v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

For purposes of this decision, it is not contested that claimant-appellant has suffered the total loss of use of his right hand and is entitled to an award for specific loss benefits pursuant to Section 306(c) of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §513 (Supp. 1974-1975), which provides, inter alia:

“(1) For [disability resulting from] the loss of a hand [compensation shall be exclusively] sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of wages during three hundred thirty-five weeks.

“This compensation shall not be more…