In re the Claim of Hunter

*1024Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed July 1, 2010, which ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits because he was not capable of working.

Claimant worked as a messenger for a package delivery company for a little more than a year and a half. Claimant experienced back problems and did not report to work following the last week of June 2009. He had back surgery on July 28, 2009. Claimant did not take a leave of absence from his job or accept the employer’s offer of a light-duty assignment. However, on July 13, 2009, he filed…