Burden of a Proof after 500 weeks upheld
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court applied the standard burden of proof in Reinstatement of benefits to the exhaustion of 500 weeks of Partial Disability Benefits. When a Claimant files a Reinstatement Petition to be reinstated to full total disability benefits, he must meet the burden in showing a worsening condition. However, what about after the Claimant reaches the statutory 500 week limit on partial disability benefits and a funded light duty job is terminated? The Court address this very issue in Sadisky…