Sather v. Saif Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that upheld a denial of an accepted claim for a combined condition based on the board’s determination that claimant’s accepted lumbar strain was no longer the major contributing cause of the combined condition.

SAIF, the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier, accepted a claim for a lumbar strain. It subsequently accepted a claim for a combined condition but later denied the claim on the ground that the accepted lumber strain had ceased to be the major contributing cause of the combined condition. Claimant…