Garoutte v. Mail Well Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, contending that the board erred in upholding employer’s denial of his claim for degenerative arthritis in his left knee. We reverse and remand.

The facts are largely undisputed. Claimant has worked for employer since 1978. He compensably injured his left knee in 1984 while working for employer as a pressman. SAIF, employer’s insurer at the time, accepted the claim and paid for arthroscopic surgery. The claim was closed in June 1986, with an award of 15 percent permanent partial disability. Claimant had no further problems…