Saif Corp. v. Ramos

In this workers’ compensation case, SAIF and employer seek judicial review of a Workers’ Compensation Board (board) order on reconsideration awarding claimant permanent partial disability benefits (PPD).1 ORS 656.214. SAIF argues that the board erred by relying on a medical arbiter’s findings when the Department of Consumer and Business Services Workers’ Compensation Division Appellate Review Unit (ARU)2 had “cancelled” the medical arbiter examination. ORS 656.268.3 SAIF also assigns error to the board’s determination that claimant’s accepted condition was medically stationary at the time of…