Stanley Smith Security v. Pace

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board awarding claimant interim compensation under ORS 656.273(6) on her aggravation claim that was eventually determined to be noncompensable.1

In January, 1990, claimant experienced what she regarded as an aggravation of a compensable injury involving her head, upper back and right arm and shoulder. The original claim had been closed by a determination order in December, 1989. The aggravation claim consisted of a report from claimant’s treating chiropractor. Employer received the report on January 18, 1989, but did not deny or…