Kiltow v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (the board). Claimant was injured at work and the employer’s insurer, SAIF Corporation, accepted a claim for a combined condition — a work-related foot injury and preexisting diabetes. SAIF later denied the claim, asserting that claimant’s work injury ceased to be the major contributing cause of his combined condition. Claimant successfully argued that his diabetes was not a preexisting condition that combined with his foot injury; rather, his was only a work-related foot injury. After a hearing, claimant obtained an ALJ…