LTV Steel Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

KELLEY, Judge.

LTV Steel and National Union Fire Insurance (employer) appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (board) which affirmed a referee’s decision granting specific loss benefits to Julio Verez (claimant) for specific loss of hearing in both ears pursuant to section 306(c) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act).1 We affirm.

Claimant worked for employer as an ironworker from 1948 until his last day of work on September 1, 1989. During the last seven to ten years that claimant worked, he noticed a decrease in his hearing ability. Claimant was examined…