Duffey v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge RENÉE COHN JUBELIRER.

Michael C. Duffey (Claimant) petitions for review of the Order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing a Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) Decision that the Impairment Rating Evaluation (IRE) submitted by Trola-Dyne, Inc. (Employer) was invalid because it did not address mental injuries which the WCJ newly added to Claimant’s Notice of Compensation Payable (NCP). On appeal, Claimant argues that the Board erred in modifying his disability status from total to partial based on an IRE that did not consider all of Claimant’s work-related…