Penifold v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming the referee’s denial of her occupational disease claim. In an earlier decision in this case, we remanded it to the referee for reconsideration in light of claimant’s additional medical evidence. Penifold v. SAIF, 49 Or App 1015, 621 P2d 646 (1980). In the proceedings leading to that decision, the referee had found claimant’s contact dermatitis to be compensable. The Board had reversed, finding that her condition resulted from exposure to substances encountered off the job. On remand, the referee determined that…