Dillinger v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

Diana Dillinger (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), dated March 31, 2011, which reversed the decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) to grant Claimant’s petition to amend the description of her work injury to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dismiss as moot her claim petition for aggravation of her PTSD. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

The WCJ found the following pertinent facts. On November 15, 2003, Claimant, a bus driver, sustained an injury in the course and…