Hansen v. Weyerhaeuser Company

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant seeks review of a Board order which held his pain center treatment and alcohol rehabilitation non-compensable, denied any increase in his awards for scheduled right knee disability or unscheduled low back disability and held that his claim was not prematurely closed. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Claimant injured his knee on June 9,1981. His claim was closed on December 13, 1982, and he was awarded 25 percent scheduled permanent partial disability benefits. He returned to work for the same employer in a different capacity. He injured his…