Gregg v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant seeks reversal of a Workers’ Compensation Board order which upheld SAIF’s denial of compensation for symptoms known as Raynaud’s phenomenon, a blanching, numbness and tingling of the hands. We affirm the Board and write only to correct what we perceive to be a persistent misconception of the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision in Bauman v. SAIF, 295 Or 788, 670 P2d 1027 (1983).

Claimant suffered a back injury on October 8, 1982, when he was struck in the back at chest level with a swinging log. SAIF expressly accepted the claim for the back injury on October 25,1982, and began…