McDonough v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

William A. McDonough, a workmen’s compensation claimant, has appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming the action of a referee denying him disability benefits for a chronic and acute anxiety reaction which he contended was the result of pressure and harassment suffered on the job. The issue is that of whether the claimant produced unequivocal medical evidence that his mental illness was the result of his employment.

The claimant began working at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as a traffic control technician in 1962. He…