ITT Hartford Insurance Group v. Nicholls

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board holding that the Board did not have jurisdiction to determine whether chiropractic care that claimant had received was approved by claimant’s attending physician and whether the treatment was palliative or curative.1

We recently held that a dispute over whether medical treatment that has already been received is palliative or curative is a matter covered by ORS 656.327(1), which, under Meyers v. Darigold, Inc., 123 Or App 217, 861 P2d 352 (1993), the Board may resolve as long as no party has sought review by the director of…