In J. G. Furniture Division/Burlington v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Kneller), 862 A.2d 689 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2005), the claimant injured his left index finger in a work-related accident in 1976. He suffered progressive diminution of the use of his finger due to circulatory problems over the next several years and finally agreed to have the finger amputated in 1984 due to severe pain and numbness. The Court agreed that while the initial accident occurred in 1976, the claimant did not completely lose the use of his finger for all intents and purposes until it was amputated. Therefore, the specific loss injury did not occur until the claimant's finger was amputated, and we determined his compensation had to be calculated using his average weekly wage as of the date of the specific loss injury.