Parmer v. Plaid Pantry 54

Claimant seeks review of an order on reconsideration1 of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming the referee’s decision that the insurer is not responsible under ORS 656.245(l)2 for paying for claimant’s surgery. The issue is whether the Board should have remanded the case to the referee for taking further evidence under ORS 656.295(5).3 We reverse and remand to the referee.

Claimant first injured her back in 1968, and in 1969 she underwent a partial laminectomy and a discectomy at L5-Sl on the left side. Apparently, the injury was not work-related. Over the years, several doctors treated…