Koitzsch v. Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp.

pro tempore

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that rejected her claim for additional disability compensation. She contends that the Board erred in considering the findings of a doctor who was not her treating physician. We review for errors of law, ORS 656.298(6); ORS 183.482(8), and reverse.

The referee awarded claimant, a former cannery worker, 34 percent permanent partial disability for her carpal tunnel syndrome. The degree of disability included impairment from loss of sensation. Claimant’s physician, Dr. Johnson, found that claimant suffered from a total…