Carling v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board upholding the denial of his claim on the basis of various psychological conditions. We review the Board’s order for errors of law,1 ORS 656.298(6); ORS 183.482(8), and reverse.

Claimant has a history of psychological problems. Following an accepted occupational injury in 1988, he filed a claim for various psychological conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Employer denied his claim. The referee found that claimant did not suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, but that his compensable injury materially…