Parker v. North Pacific Insurance

Claimant appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming the referee’s opinion that upheld insurer’s denial of three aggravation claims. He first suffered a compensable back sprain on July 25, 1979. Insurer accepted the claim on August 19, 1979. Claimant returned to work at a lighter job in December, 1979. The Evaluation Division issued a determination order on March 3,1980, that held that he was entitled to temporary total disability for the 1979 injury from July to November, 1979, but not an award of permanent partial disability.

In early February, 1980, claimant again injured…