Bush v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge DOYLE.

Gary R. Bush (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing the decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), which had granted Claimant’s petition for commutation of benefits pursuant to the provisions of Section 316 of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. § 604.

An issue of first impression is presented: whether a claimant, who is receiving total disability benefits, may commute 360 *680weeks of future benefits into one lump sum commuted payment, while…