Arcadia Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Arcadia Coal Company (Employer) appeals from a decision by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the referee’s award of compensation benefits to Joseph Kubalic (Claimant).

Claimant worked as a coal miner for Employer for seven years. Claimant terminated his employment on October 15, 1976, because his shortness of wind made *150it impossible for bim to perform bis coal mining work. On April 3,1979, Claimant was examined by Dr. Robert F. Klemens wbo diagnosed Claimant’s condition as coal worker’s pneumoconiosis. Dr. Klemens mailed bis report wbiob…