Cavallo v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

BLATT, Senior Judge.

John A. Cavallo (claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which reversed a referee’s decision finding him totally dis abled due to an occupationally acquired disease within the meaning of Section 108(n) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act). 1

The claimant worked in coal mines for 37 years, of which the last 18 or 19 were as an employee of the Barnes & Tucker Company (employer). He was exposed to a coal dust hazard throughout this period. On September 22, 1986, he filed a claim petition for workmen’s…