Benz v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks reversal of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board upholding SAIF’s denial of his occupational disease claim for bilateral hearing loss. Claimant asserts that the Board erred by reaching its own medical conclusion that occupational exposure to noise was not the major contributing cause of his hearing loss and that substantial evidence in the record does not support the Board’s conclusion. We reverse and remand to the Board for further consideration.

Claimant has worked as an electrician for approximately 40 years. In 1987, he began working for employer Blazer Industries.…