Cox v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Linda K. Cox (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the Referee’s decision denying her workmen’s compensation benefits for her alleged total disability resulting from a work-related aggravation of her preexisting condition of asthma.

Claimant was employed by Brookville Glove Manufacturing (Employer) as a packer from September of 1980 through October 3, 1986. In that capacity, Claimant packed into boxes finished cotton gloves which her Employer manufactured. On October 4, 1986, Claimant did not report to her job as a…