Stapleton v. Liberty Northwest Insurance

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that concluded that claimant did not timely file an aggravation claim before his aggravation rights expired. We review the Board’s legal determinations for errors of law and factual issues for substantial evidence. ORS 183.482(7), (8). Because the Board failed to explain why range of motion measurements documented in the physician’s report accompanying the aggravation claim did not constitute objective findings, we reverse and remand for reconsideration.

The facts are uncontested. Claimant suffered a com-pensable injury to…