Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation (Employer) appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision granting its petition to modify the compensation benefits of David Evans (Claimant) under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1

*509On December 26, 1997, Claimant, a machinist for Employer, injured his left shoulder at work when he lost his balance coming down stairs and grabbed a banister. A notice of compensation payable was issued, and Claimant began receiving benefits on March 6,1998, when…