Pierson v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board which reversed the referee’s order and denied her claim for aggravation of her compensable arm injury. We reverse the Board and reinstate the referee’s order.

On April 22, 1977, claimant suffered a compensable injury to her right shoulder and elbow while employed at Bill’s Tavern in Portland. After moving to Coos Bay, she was examined and treated by Dr. Smith, an orthopedist, who concluded that claimant had a post-traumatic lateral epicondylitis of the right elbow. When conservative treatment failed, Smith performed a…