Jackson v. Bogart Construction

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying him benefits for his wife and youngest son. We affirm.

Claimant was injured in an industrial accident on October 18, 1977, when he was unmarried and had two children. He married in December, 1978, and had a third child in March, 1979. On June 13, 1987, a determination order awarded him benefits for permanent total disability. ORS 656.206(2)(b) provides that, in determing the rate of permanent total disability, the claimant shall receive wage based benefits and “[i]n addition * * * $5 per week for each additional…