Kerstetter v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Pennsylvania Steel Technology)

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Donald Kerstetter (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) and denying him workers’ compensation benefits because he failed to establish a binaural hearing impairment of ten percent as required by Section 306(c)(8) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1

On October 6, 1998, Claimant filed a claim petition for workers’ compensation benefits alleging that he suffered a com-pensable work-related hearing loss caused by his continuous exposure to excessive noise…