Evans v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant petitions for review of a final order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. In that order, the board upheld insurer SAIF Corporation’s denial of claimant’s “combined condition” claim, which SAIF issued after determining that claimant’s accepted workplace injury was no longer the major contributing cause of claimant’s disability or need for treatment. See ORS 656.005(7)(a)(B); ORS 656.262(6)(c); Brown v. SAIF, 361 Or 241, 243, 391 P3d 773 (2017) (explaining the nature of a “combined condition” claim for workers’ compensation benefits). We review under ORS 183.482(8), ORS 656.298(7), and…