Jackson County v. Wehren

Faced with conflicting medical opinions as to whether claimant’s recurrent neck and shoulder pain resulted in major part from an earlier compensable injury, the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) accepted the opinion that it did. On judicial review, employer argues that the accepted opinion was not based on a sufficiently complete medical history and that it did not adequately evaluate the relative contribution of all potentially causative events. We review legal issues for errors of law and factual issues for substantial evidence. ORS 183.482(8)(a), (c). Substantial evidence supports a…