Metelo v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Antonio Metelo (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed *654a referee’s1 decision denying Claimant’s petition for compensation benefits under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act2 (Act). We vacate and remand.

Claimant was employed by Old Original Bookbinders Restaurant (Employer) as a busboy. Claimant contracted hepatitis A and, as a result, he was unable to work as of September 9, 1990. Claimant filed a petition for benefits as of that date,3 alleging that his disabling illness was work-related. Employer…