Burks v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

Susan Burks (Claimant) petitions for review of the May 3, 2011, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which affirmed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to suspend Claimant’s benefits because she voluntarily removed herself from the workforce. We affirm.

Claimant was diagnosed with a hip problem called Legg-Perthes disease when she was approximately twelve years old. (WCJ’s Findings of Fact, No. 7(a).) As a result of this condition, Claimant’s left leg was two and one-half inches shorter than her right leg. (WCJ’s Findings of…