Doe v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.

The narrow issue before us herein is whether the Workmen’s Compensation Ap*716peal Board (Board) erred in affirming a referee’s decision and order dismissing a claim petition submitted by John Doe (Claimant) wherein Claimant sought compensation benefits for alleged clinical and situational depression, but refused to disclose medical information regarding his status as a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) sufferer to his employer, USAir, Inc., (Employer) in its defense of said claim at a time prior to the effective date of the Pennsylvania Confidentiality of HIV-Related…