Scheller v. Holly House

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board holding that medical reports, prepared after an order on reconsideration, were inadmissible in a hearing before a referee. We review for substantial evidence and errors of law, ORS 656.298(6) and ORS 183.482(8), and reverse.

Claimant injured her right knee on May 18, 1990. A determination order on July 30,1991, awarded no permanent partial disability. A January 17, 1992, order on reconsideration affirmed the determination order. On reconsideration, no one disagreed with the impairment used in rating claimant’s disability, and…