MEDEN v. W.C.A.B. (BETHENERGY MINES, INC.)


167 Pa.Commw. 68 (1994)

647 A.2d 620

Frank MEDEN, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (BETHENERGY MINES, INC.), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 23, 1994.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied April 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel G. Walter, for petitioner.

John J. Bagnato, for respondent.

Before CRAIG, President Judge, and DOYLE, McGINLEY, PELLEGRINI, FRIEDMAN, KELLEY and NEWMAN, JJ.


DOYLE, Judge.

Frank Meden (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed an order of a referee denying him total disability benefits.

Claimant worked in the coal mines for thirty-three years, until his last day of work in 1979. Thereafter, he petitioned for total disability benefits under Section 306(a) of the Worker's Compensation Act (Act).1 A referee determined that Claimant suffered...

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