Patterson-Kelly Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Patterson-Kelly Company (Employer) appeals a decision by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming, but modifying, the decision of the referee awarding Frank A. Woodrow (Claimant) total disability benefits effective October 31, 1982 until the date of his death, August 15, 1986. We affirm.

The facts are as follows. Claimant sustained a work-related back injury on February 13, 1980. On February 18, 1980, 1 Dr. Frank Dracos, an orthopedic surgeon, treated Claimant and “diagnosed his injury as an acute lumbosacral strain with sciatic nerve root irritation.”…