Rogue Valley Medical Center v. McClearen

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order reinstating claimant’s award of permanent total disability (PTD). The primary issue on review is whether the Board correctly concluded that ORS 656.283(7), as amended in 1995, 1 bars the admission of evidence not submitted at the reconsideration level in a PTD dispute. We review for errors of law, ORS 656.298(7), ORS 183.482(8), and affirm.

Claimant worked for employer for approximately 18 years as a medical transcriptionist. In 1991, she fell at work, compensably injuring her left knee, hip and buttock. Claimant also suffered from…