Konitsky v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Harry Konitsky (Claimant) appeals a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal *605Board (Board) reversing the Referee’s decision granting Claimant benefits.

On October 2, 1987, Claimant retired as a mechanic with Bethenergy Mines, Inc. (Employer). He had worked for Employer as a mine worker for approximately twenty years and then as a mechanic for the last twelve to thirteen years. Claimant filed a Workmen’s Compensation Occupational Disease (WCOD) petition on February 16, 1988, alleging total disability, or in the alternative, partial disability resulting from coal worker’s…