Gevers v. Roadrunner Construction

RIGGS, P. J. pro tempore.

Claimant challenges an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (the board) denying his request for additional unscheduled permanent partial disability (PPD) for aggravation of his existing shoulder condition. We review for errors of law and substantial evidence, ORS 656.298(7); ORS 183.482(7) and (8), and reverse and remand.

We summarize the relevant facts from the board’s order. Claimant suffered compensable injuries to both shoulders in a 1988 fall from a scaffold. Following multiple surgeries, claimant was declared medically stationary in 1990. A 1992 determination…