International Paper Co. v. Tollefson

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that affirmed the referee’s award of compensation. The issue is whether claimant proved by a preponderance of the evidence that his right elbow condition is a compensable occupational disease. ORS 656.802(l)(a). We affirm.

Claimant worked for employer from February, 1983, to September 24, 1985. Until March, 1984, he worked as a grader trainee on the green chain. In that job he used a picaroon with his right arm to straighten lumber. He testified that, early in 1984, he began to have pain in his right elbow. The pain was usually…