Sibley v. City of Phoenix

*608BUTTLER, P. J.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board reversing the referee and concluding that he has not established an occupational disease claim.

The findings of the Board are supported by substantial evidence. In 1986, claimant, Chief of Police for the City of Phoenix, began suffering hypertension as a result of emotional or psychological stress due to fears concerning his job security. The only issue on review is whether, as a matter of law, claimant’s stress-related hypertension is compensable as an occupational disease under ORS 656.802(l)(c).

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