Sharpe v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

When Van Buren Sharpe’s disability retirement pension from his former employer, the United States Post Office, was increased to the point that his weekly retirement disability benefits exceeded by more than $40 his unemployment compensation benefit rate, the Bureau of Employment Security (Board) determined that he was no longer eligible for unemployment compensation. The determination was made pursuant to Section 404(d) (iii) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, Act of December 5, 1936, Second Ex. Sess., P.L. (1937) 2897, as amended, 43 P.S. §804(d) (iii), and it was…