Gornick v. SAIF Corp.

*305VAN HOOMISSEN, J.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, which reversed the referee’s award of permanent total disability and awarded her 40 percent unscheduled disability. On de novo review, former ORS 656.298(6),1 we reinstate the referee’s award.

At the time of the hearing, claimant was 43 years old. She attended school for approximately ten years and earned a GED in 1972. She had worked at home most of her life. Between 1960 and 1969, she worked for short periods as a maid, a waitress and a clerk. She worked in a tree nursery from 1978 to March, 1980, when she…