Jensen v. Conagra, Inc.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that held that a 1995 amendment to ORS 656.262(4) applied retroactively to her claim, thereby denying her temporary disability benefits for a portion of the time for which her attending physician had authorized those benefits. We affirm.

In May 1993, claimant first sought compensation for symptoms of what later was diagnosed and treated as carpal tunnel syndrome. Her injury was declared compensable by an order of the Board on February 2,1994. On November 9, 1994, claimant’s attending physician authorized temporary disability…