Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board of Commonwealth v. Pennsylvania Hospital

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

Appellants have filed a modification petition alleging that appellee-claimant’s disability had resolved itself into a specific loss of the lower right leg and that total disability had ceased. Appellants acknowledge that they have the burden of proof on this issue. The referee found against the appellants on the basis that appellee-claimant had suffered a back injury as well as the injury to his foot. The specific findings were:

“2. Claimant, in addition to the injury stated in the compensation agreement between the parties when he fell three stories to the ground and…