Boeing Company v. Cole

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) determining that claimant had established that a work-related injury was a material contributing cause of his temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ). Employer asserted before the board that claimant’s work injury combined with a preexisting TMJ condition, the compensability of which must be established under the “major contributing cause” standard of ORS 656.005(7)(a)(B). The board found that the major contributing cause standard did not apply because claimant did not have TMJ before the injury. Employer rejoins…