Granner v. Fairview Center

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board upholding SAIF’s denial of her claim for compensation. The issue is whether SAIF is precluded from denying her claim for her current condition due to its earlier acceptance of her on-the-job injury. We review for substantial evidence and errors of law, ORS 183.482(7) and (8); ORS 656.298(6), and affirm.

Claimant has a congenital bilateral knock knee 1 deformity. Prior to 1990, she suffered recurrent right knee patellar dislocations, three of which required a physician to relocate the patella. In October 1990, claimant slipped…