Van Patton v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Richard Van Patton appeals from the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming the referee’s denial of compensation.

On October 27, 1980, Van Patton filed a petition for compensation alleging that in May of 1979, he suffered a work-related reoccurrence of an injury which he sustained in January of 1971. He later amended his petition to 'allege an independent injury on May 7, 1979, resulting in disability from May 28, 1979 through July 7, 1981.

The compensation referee dismissed the petition on two grounds: (1) that Van Patton had failed to…