Hathaway v. Health Future Enterprises

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order holding that the Board did not have jurisdiction to determine whether claimant’s proposed palliative chiropractic treatment is compensable. We affirm.

After claimant became medically stationary and her claim was closed, her attending physician sought approval from employer’s insurer, SAIF, for proposed palliative chiropractic treatment, pursuant to ORS 656.245(l)(b). That paragraph provides, in part:

“[A]fter the worker has become medically stationary, palliative care is not compensable, except when provided to a worker who has been…