Easton v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks judicial review of a final order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board), which concluded that a proposed diagnostic examination of claimant’s back was not compensable. Claimant contends that the board applied an incorrect legal standard in arriving at that determination; specifically, she argues that the board improperly assessed the compensability of the proposed diagnostic (a discogram) by reference to its relationship with her “accepted condition.” See ORS 656.262(6)(b) (notice of acceptance of a claim shall specify what conditions are compensable). Claimant argues that…