BURNEISEN v. W. C. A. B. (POLK CENTER).

No. 1915 C.D. 1982.

78 Pa.Commw. 229 (1983)

Christy A. Burneisen, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Polk Center), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

November 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. McFate, McFate, McFate, McFate, Williams & McFate, for petitioner.

Walter E. Werner, III, for respondent, Polk Center.

Argued October 3, 1983, before Judges ROGERS, CRAIG and DOYLE, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, November 7, 1983:

Christy A. Burneisen, Jr., a workmen's compensation claimant, has appealed from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board reversing a referee's decision awarding him compensation. The issue is that of whether the claimant met his burden of establishing by unequivocal medical testimony that the disability for which he seeks compensation is the result of a work-related injury.

The claimant was employed by...

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