SAIF Corp. v. Belden

*570ARMSTRONG, J.

SAIF seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that held that ORS 656.262(7)(b), which was enacted in 1995, applied retroactively, thereby entitling claimant to seven percent permanent partial disability (PPD). We review for errors of law, ORS 183.462(8), and affirm.

We accept the facts as found by the Board. In 1986, claimant seriously fractured his left distal femur in an accident that was not related to work. In 1992, he twisted his left knee while walking at work. SAIF denied a claim for left knee strain on the ground that his noncompensable preexisting…