Toth v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

RODGERS, Senior Judge.

Joseph A. Toth (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) denying Claimant’s claim petition for benefits for a bilateral hearing loss. We affirm.

Claimant worked for USX Corporation (Employer) for forty years until his last day of work on August 27, 1998. On September 13, 1995, Claimant filed a claim petition, alleging that he had suffered bilateral hearing loss as a result of long and continuous exposure to excessive noise at work. Employer denied the…