Schiavo v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

President Judge Crtimlish, Jr.,

Alfred Schiavo appeals a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board order affirming the referee’s modification of his benefits from total to partial disability compensation.1 We affirm.

Frank’s Beverages employed Schiavo for 13 years when, on July 18,1974, he injured his lower back, sustaining a herniated disc requiring surgical repair in June 1976. His treatment terminated in early 1977.2 Schiavo’s total disability payment Was reduced to partial disability.

In a proceeding to terminate or suspend workmen’s compensation benefits, the employer, as the moving…