McGaffin v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge COHN JUBELIRER.

In this appeal, Laurence A. McGaffin (Claimant) asks this Court to address whether a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) may terminate benefits when, seven months earlier, Claimant was found to have a whole-person physical impairment rating of 26% based on an examination under Section 306(a.2) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, added by the Act of June 24, 1996, P.L. 340, 77 P.S. § 511.2(1). However, because Claimant failed to raise this issue before the WCJ and did not include the issue in his appeal to the Workers’…