Legal Opinion
Daniels v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 22, 2003No. 51 EAP 2000PublishedCited by 300 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JUSTICE CASTILLE.
This Court granted allowance of appeal to determine whether the Workers’ Compensation Judge (“WCJ”) in this case failed to adequately explain on the record why she rejected claimant/appellant’s conflicting medical evidence pursuant to Section 422(a) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”). See 77 P.S. § 834 (effective August 23, 1996). For the following reasons, we vacate and remand to the WCJ for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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