Evjen v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

LEVINE, Justice.

Paul Evjen appeals from a district court judgment affirming a North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau decision dismissing his claim for benefits because it was not timely filed. We affirm.

Evjen began working at the North Dakota State Hospital on December 27, 1982. In 1983 he suffered the onset of headaches that lasted eight or ten hours once or twice a month. He first consulted a doctor about the headaches in November of 1983. On August 1, 1984 Evjen’s doctor suggested that he not work the afternoon shift because of his headaches. The headaches worsened until Evjen quit his…