Brown v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board upholding the denial of his combined-condition claim based on the board’s determination that SAIF Corporation (SAIF) had established that claimant’s accepted lumbar strain is no longer the major contributing cause of his combined condition. The facts are not in dispute. We review for errors of law, ORS 656.298(7), ORS 183.482(7), (8), and reverse and remand for reconsideration.

We take the facts from the administrative law judge’s (AL J’s) findings of fact, which the board adopted and which SAIF does not challenge. Claimant…