Gelvin v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge PATRICIA A. McCullough.

Stacy Gelvin (Claimant), appeals from the August 4, 2014 order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing the order of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) that granted Claimant’s reinstatement and penalty petitions and awarded Claimant unreasonable contest counsel fees and litigation costs.

I. Facts/Procedural History

In 2008, a WCJ awarded Claimant, a former state trooper for the Pennsylvania State Police (Employer), benefits for disability resulting from work-related post-traumatic stress disorder as of December 21, 2006. A few weeks…