Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Warrilow

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board setting aside as inappropriate a partial denial of a claim for a work-related injury. We reverse and remand.

Claimant fell at work. The next day he sought chiropractic treatment for neck, shoulder, mid-back and left ankle pain. An x-ray revealed that he had mild degenerative changes in the cervical area with mild osteophytic spurring. He filed a claim, describing the injury as involving the ankle, neck and left shoulder. Employer first deferred acceptance of the claim. More than 60 days after the injury, it wrote a letter to…