Austin Powder Co. v. Stacy

OPINION

COMBS, JUDGE:

Appellant, Austin Powder Company (Austin Powder) seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) decision affirming the ALJ’s award of 50% disability to Appellee, Billy Keith Stacy (Stacy), in this Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis (CWP) claim. We affirm for the reasons set forth below.

We refer to the record-only as relevant to the issue on appeal. On November 1, 2012, Stacy filed an Application for Resolution of CWP claim, alleging that he became affected on April 16, 2012. He subsequently amended his claim to include a pulmonary impairment.-The medical evidence is…