Heath v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

Russel D. Heath (Claimant) appeals from a decision of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referees decision denying Claimant benefits for failure to establish a causal connection between his work and his injury.

On February 4, 1983, Claimant discovered a lump in his abdomen while bathing at home. This lump was later diagnosed by his physician, Dr. Edward Garber, as a ventral hernia. Claimant had suffered two similar hernias in 1981 and 1982, each of which had occurred during strenuous activity in the course of his employment with Agway, Inc. In…