Lloyd v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (the division) determining that claimant is ineligible for vocational assistance benefits. Claimant assigns as error the division’s conclusion that the 2001 amendments to the Workers’ Compensation Law barred his request for those benefits. We review the order for errors of law, ORS 656.298(7) and ORS 183.482(8)(a), and affirm.

Claimant was injured in 1994 when he fell from a ladder while at work. He was diagnosed with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and bilateral ulnar…