Baggett v. Boeing Co.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that established his permanent disability award. The Board held that the proper date for determining the Specific Vocational Preparation (SVP) component of the education component of rating his unscheduled permanent disability is the date of the original determination order, not of the subsequent order on reconsideration. In reaching that conclusion, the Board followed the applicable rule. Former OAR 436-35-300.1 Because we conclude that that portion of the rule is contrary to the relevant statute, we reverse.

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