Worker's Compensation Claim of Baxter v. Sinclair Oil Corp.

GOLDEN, Justice.

[¶ 1] The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether the hearing examiner erred by denying worker’s compensation benefits to Appellant Rial Baxter for his lower back pain even though two experts had testified that Baxter’s condition was work-related. Baxter had claimed his back pain was caused by a material aggravation of a preexisting condition, but the hearing examiner rejected this theory because it found the medical expert opinion was not credible. Another medical expert believed that the injury had occurred over a period of time, but the hearing examiner rejected…