Pyle v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant appeals the order of the Workers’ Compensation Board which found that claimant was not entitled to certain medical expenses and travel expenses awarded by the referee.

Claimant sustained a compensable injury to her left hand on November 9, 1970. Since the time of injury, there has been a long course of treatment, including 14 surgical procedures. SAIF continued to provide medical services to the claimant pursuant to ORS 656.245(1)1 and the Board’s own motion order2 until June, 1979, when SAIF rejected claimant’s request for reimbursement of travel…