USX Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

USX Corporation (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) that no deduction could be made for that portion of his hearing loss that was attributable to aging when it awarded hearing loss benefits to Donald Rich (Claimant).

The relevant facts of this case are not in dispute. Claimant began working for Employer in 1953 in various positions in a steel mill. In 1995, he filed a claim petition, which Employer opposed, alleging that he had suffered binaural hearing…