Helverson v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Herbert K. Helverson (claimant) has filed a petition for review of the actions of the workmen’s compensation authorities denying him an award for alleged work-related disability. The claimant initially averred in his claim petition that he was permanently and totally disabled from silicosis as a result of exposure to airborne silica and other substances during the course of his twenty-five years of employment with the Central Foundry of Quakertown, Pennsylvania. The petition was amended at the first evidentiary *288hearing to include a claim for compensation on account of…