Lewis v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge KELLEY.

Douglas Lewis (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that reversed an order of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ). The WCJ denied a Petition for Physical Examination filed by Wal-Mart, Inc. (Employer), on the basis that Employer’s request for a second Impairment Rating Evaluation of Claimant pursuant to the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Act)1 was not timely under this Court’s precedents. We affirm the Board’s order as modified.

Claimant was injured in the course and scope of his work for Employer on…