Hiner v. Crawford Health & Rehabilitation

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order, contending that the board erred in holding that the 1997 amendments to ORS 656.262(7)(c) did not require a reopening of an originally nondisabling claim for the processing of new medical conditions. We review for errors of law, ORS 183.482(8), and reverse and remand.

In September 1990, claimant was injured in an automobile accident while working for employer. Employer accepted a nondisabling claim for head, neck, and low back injuries, and claimant received medical services for her injury. In late 1991, after the time for seeking to…