SAIF Corp. v. Wolff

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, contending that the Board erred in concluding that it is precluded from denying the compensa-bility of claimant’s osteochondritis dissecans. We agree with employer that its denial is not barred, and reverse the Board’s order.

Claimant compensably injured his knee in 1980. The claim was accepted as a contusion. Following surgery, the September 21, 1981, closing report of claimant’s treating physician diagnosed

“[o]steochondritis dissecans with a large fragment having been removed, with chondromalacia of the patella. Most…