Schriver v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

JUDGE COVEY

Leslie Schriver (Claimant) petitions this Court for review of the Workers’ Compensation (WC) Appeal Board’s (Board) February 15, 2017 order reversing the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision granting Claimant’s Petition to Review Medical Treatment and/or Billing (Review Petition) and Claimant’s Penalty Petition (collectively, Petitions). The issue before this Court is whether the Board erred by concluding that Claimant’s massage therapy expenses were not reimbursable. 1 After review, we reverse.

On May 1, 1978, while working for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,…