Garcia v. Boise Cascade Corp.

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant seeks to establish the compensability of a disabling degenerative condition of his low . back. At the hearing, he asserted that the degenerative condition was an occupational disease or, alternatively, that the herniated disc was caused by a compensable injury that he sustained on September 26,1985, while working for employer. The referee upheld employer’s denial of compensability. The Board affirmed the referee without comment. We review for substantial evidence and errors of law, ORS 656.298(6), 1 and reverse and remand for reconsideration.

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