Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Winkleman

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This is an appeal by Charles Winkleman (claimant) from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) sustaining a referee’s partial denial of compensation benefits.

The record reveals that on July 24, 1968, claimant suffered an injury to his left great toe when he was accidentally struck by a dropped sledge hammer. The United States Steel Corporation (defendant) admitted the injury but denied that any disability resulted therefrom. A referee and the Board then denied benefits because the claimant had not availed himself of medical services offered by the…