Carter v. Waste Mgmt. Disposal Servs. of Or. (In re Comp. of Carter)

*431Claimant seeks judicial review after the Workers' Compensation Board upheld employer's denial of his aggravation claim. On review, claimant argues that the board applied the wrong legal standard to determine compensability: Rather than assessing the persuasiveness of the competing medical opinions, the board applied a per se rule that the opinion of a claimant's treating physician is insufficient to establish compensability unless that opinion specifically responds to or rebuts the opinion of the physician who conducted an independent medical examination (IME). In claimant's view, the board's…