Allen v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, in which the board concluded that claimant’s rotator cuff injury was a “consequential condition” subject to a “major contributing cause” standard of proof. Claimant challenges that conclusion. Because the board applied the correct legal standard and substantial evidence supports the board’s order, we affirm.

We take the following facts from the findings in the board’s order. ORS 183.482(7). Claimant was injured while working as a logger, when a falling log struck him behind his left shoulder. Claimant immediately began…