Ins Co. of the State of PA v. Dir, Off of W

Plaintiffs-Appellants appeal from the district court’s judgment affirming a decision of the Benefits Review Board that *781affirmed an Administrative Law Judge’s decision awarding temporary total disability and medical benefits to Defendant-Appellant Glen Vickers. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the Board’s decision, vacate the award for Vickers’s poly-neuropathy, and remand to the ALJ for a determination of whether Vickers’s poly-neuropathy naturally or unavoidably resulted from the work-related arm injury cited in his claim.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Defendant-Appellee Glen Vickers…