Kytola v. Boise Cascade Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board which concluded that Boise Cascade (employer) had sustained its burden of proving that claimant is no longer permanently and totally disabled. He contends that the Board applied an incorrect standard to terminate his award of permanent total disability and that employer did not sustain its burden of proof.

Claimant suffered a compensable neck injury while working as a timber faller in 1974. He previously had suffered other disabling injuries. The present claim was first closed by a determination order in July, 1975, which…