Tucker v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board which reversed the referee and held that claimant’s bilateral foot condition was not compensable as an occupational disease. ORS 656.802. We reverse.

Claimant worked for employer as a pressman for approximately 12 years, beginning in 1969. As part of his job, he stood on a vibrating steel platform three to six hours each work day. In December, 1980, he began to experience problems with his feet and legs for the first time in his life. In September, 1981, his family doctor referred him to Dr. Neu-feld, an orthopedic surgeon,…