Sheffield v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying her claim for an award of permanent partial disability stemming from an auto accident which occurred in the course of her employment with the Salem Police Department. SAIF denied any permanent disability compensation and, when claimant returned to work full-time several weeks later, terminated temporary total disability payments.

Some six months after the accident, claimant developed paresthesia (numbnéss) in three fingers of her left hand, which hampered her ability to write, drive and do various other manual tasks. She…