Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge COHN JUBELIRER.

Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. (Employer) petitions for review of an Order issued by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board). In its Order, the Board affirmed a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) to grant the Claim Petition of Brenda Alston (Claimant) and ordered payment of disfigurement benefits. We affirm.

The WCJ’s findings of fact provide the factual background for this appeal. Claimant sustained a head and neck injury by falling down a set of stairs on January 7, 2002. As of that date, Claimant had been a thirty-two year employee of…