Coombs v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

DOYLE, Judge.

John R. Coombs, Jr., (Claimant) appeals an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) which affirmed the decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) denying Claimant benefits.

Claimant was employed by the Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO) from 1950 until his retirement in 1987. In April of 1991, Claimant underwent a routine colon operation. During that operation, the surgeon noticed that Claimant had cirrhosis of the liver. Thereafter, on August 13, 1991, Claimant filed a Workers’ Compensation Occupational Disease Claim alleging that he sustained cirrhosis of…