Compton v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

Claimant seeks workers’ compensation benefits for an increased loss of hearing allegedly caused by on-the-job exposure to loud noise. Claimant prevailed before the referee, the employer appealed to the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board), and the Board reversed the referee. The Court of Appeals affirmed the Board without opinion. We allowed review in this case and in Cain v. Woolley Enterprises, 301 Or 650, 724 P2d 819 (1986), to interpret the workers’ compensation appellate review statutes concerning what evidence the Court of Appeals should consider that may not have been obtainable at the…