Fred Meyer, Inc. v. Crompton

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board), claiming that the Board applied the wrong standard for determining compensability. We affirm.

The following facts are taken from the Board’s findings. In 1989, claimant suffered compensable carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), which was accepted and treated in 1990. For the next few years, claimant received no medical attention, yet she continued to “experience [ ] minimal chronic symptomatology which flared with over-usage.” Claimant became pregnant in 1994. She continued to work, but, due to the pregnancy, she experienced…