SAIF Corp. v. Banderas

SAIF and employer seek review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) that awarded claimant permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits.1 SAIF asserts that the board erred in (1) rejecting the medical arbiter panel’s impairment findings in favor of the attending physician’s impairment findings and (2) concluding that claimant’s myofascial pain syndrome is part of or a “direct medical sequela” of the accepted cervical strain.2 We review for errors of law and substantial evidence, ORS 183.482(8), and affirm.

Before turning to the facts in this case, we briefly summarize the…