Lowe v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

McGINLEY, Judge.

Before this Court for reargument en banc1 is the petition by Larry R. Lowe (Claimant) for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that reversed a referee’s2 reinstatement of total disability benefits. We affirm.

Claimant was last employed as a section foreman by Pennsylvania Mines Corporation (Employer) when he suffered a workrelated injury to his back on April 26, 1986. Claimant had received total disability benefits until February 16, 1990, when Employer’s termination petition was granted.3 The original referee found:

4. Robert M. Yanchus, M.D.,…