Forbes Pavilion Nursing Home, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This Court, in Universal Cyclops Steel Corporation v. Krawczynski, 9 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 176, 305 A.2d 757 (1973) held that without taking additional evidence The Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) lacks power on appeal to substitute its own findings of fact for those of the referee where the referee’s findings are supported by substantial competent evidence. In this action, we are asked: When may the Board take additional evidence? When may the Board appoint an impartial expert witness ? And when may the Board remand to another referee for the taking of such…