Moran v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge McGINLEY.

Kevin Moran (Claimant) challenges the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) determination that the massage therapy Claimant received from Gail Kozlowski, LPN1 (Nurse Kozlowski) was reasonable and necessary.

Claimant sustained a work-related low back injury in the nature of an L4-L5 disc herniation on July 19, 1997. On June 14, 2002, Claimant and McCarthy Flowers (Employer) entered into a Compromise and Release Agreement in which Claimant settled his wage loss claim for a lump sum, but his…