International Petroleum Service v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The petitioner1 seeks review of a determination of the Board2 which reversed a referee’s decision and reinstated the payment of total disability benefits to the claimant.3

The claimant suffered a fractured elbow on March 1, 1977, in the course of his employment with the petitioner and a compensation agreement was later exe*143cuted pursuant to which the claimant received benefits for total disability. The petitioner sought to terminate those benefits as of October 4, 1977, but that petition was denied, and a second termination petition was subsequently filed, alleging that…