Rieniets v. North Dakota Workers' Compensation Bureau

*709NEUMANN, Justice.

William M. Rieniets filed a claim with the North Dakota Workers’ Compensation Bureau in connection with an employment-related injury suffered on June 23, 1990, and was awarded medical and disability benefits on a 50 percent aggravation basis. Rieniets appealed to the district court, which reversed the Bureau’s decision and directed that it pay these benefits on a 100 percent basis. The Bureau appeals from this judgment. We reverse the judgment and reinstate the Bureau’s decision.

In 1980, during his senior year in high school, Rieniets injured his right knee while playing…