Hopkins v. SAIF Corp.

Petitioner seeks judicial review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that concluded that claimant’s degenerative disc condition is not “arthritis or an arthritic condition.” In reaching its conclusion, the board reasoned that the meaning of the term “arthritis or an arthritic condition” was a question of fact to be decided based on competing medical opinions. After the board issued its order, we decided Karjalainen v. Curtis Johnston & Pennywise, Inc., 208 Or App 674, 685, 146 P3d 336 (2006), rev den, 342 Or 473 (2007), which held that the meaning of the term “arthritis or an…