Griffin v. Time DC, Inc.

Claimant appeals from a Workers’ Compensation Board order denying her widow’s benefits under ORS 656.204.1 We affirm.

Claimant’s husband, now deceased, had a history of coronary heart disease. In 1971, he had aneurysm surgery. While at work in January, 1975, he inhaled diesel fumes, which caused an acute coronary insufficiency. He suffered a myocardial infarction the next day. He was then determined to be permanently and totally disabled by Determination Order on March 11, 1976. In 1978, he had chest pains diagnosed as a possible thoracic aortic aneurysm. Dr. Olson, his treating physician at…