Theodore v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board holding that she failed to establish an aggravation of her compensable knee condition and that the referee and the Board lack jurisdiction to consider the dispute concerning the compensability of medical services that she is receiving, because that dispute is a matter exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Director of the Department of Insurance and Finance, pursuant to ORS 656.327(1).

Claimant compensably injured her knee in 1989. After treatment with Dr. Ayres, including arthroscopic surgery, her claim was closed in…