Ellison v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

Claimant petitions for judicial review of a final order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) awarding him permanent disability benefits for his employment-related hearing loss. He challenges only the rate at which the board calculated his disability benefits. We reverse and remand for reconsideration.

After working 37 years for employer, claimant retired on January 19, 1989. Twelve years later, on January 18, 2001, he sought treatment for binaural hearing loss. He filed a claim, which employer initially denied. Ultimately, however, employer rescinded the denial and, pursuant to a…