C & K Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

BARBIERI, Senior Judge.

C & K Coal Company (Employer) petitions for review of the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board *3(Board) which affirmed the referee’s decision awarding Frank G. Crissman (Claimant) temporary total disability compensation benefits for coal worker’s pneumoconiosis pursuant to Section 108(q) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act1 (Act). The sole issue, as stated by Employer, is whether a physician who finds that a claimant is totally disabled from two causes entitles the referee to infer that the claimant is partially disabled from coal worker’s…