Lang v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Patricia Lang appeals from the July 19, 1996, Judgment affirming the Bureau’s order denying her re-application for benefits based on a significant change in her medical condition. We reverse and remand to the Bureau for further findings consistent with this opinion.

[¶ 2] Patricia Lang was employed as a waitress in Minot, North Dakota. In 1989 and 1992, she filed Workers Compensation claims based on de Quervain’s syndrome, an inflammation of the membrane surrounding the tendons in her hands and wrists. The 1989 claim was for her right hand and arm, and the 1992 claim was…