Demchenko v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY PRESIDENT

JUDGE LEAVITT

’ Peter Demchenko (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) denying him compensation benefits for his prostate cancer. Using different reasons, the Board affirmed the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ). It held that Claimant, a retired firefighter, did not prove that prostate cancer is caused by exposure to IARC Group I carcinogens and, thus, an occupational disease under Section 108(r) of the Workers’ Compensation Act. 1 The Board also held that Claimant could not use the statutory…