Alvarez v. GAB Business Services, Inc.

Claimant petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. He contends that the Board erred in reversing the referee’s determination that his claim had been prematurely closed and in failing to remand the case to the referee for a decision on the alternative theory that claimant had established an “aggravation.” ORS 656.273.

The Board set out the facts:

“Claimant compensably injured his right knee on July 22, 1980. He subsequently underwent two arthrotomies and a medial meniscectomy. Following claimant’s second arthro-tomy, Dr. Gilsdorf opined:

‘[H]is current condition has…