Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. v. Deboard (In re Deboard)

*743Although this workers' compensation case does not involve angels dancing on pin heads, it does involve dancing around medical terms and an emphasis on hyper-technicality that has unnecessarily delayed the resolution of what should have been a straight-forward new/omitted medical condition claim. And, unfortunately, in light of a change in the law since the board's order, we must once again extend this litigation by remanding the case for reconsideration.

The largely undisputed facts were described in our recent opinion involving an earlier claim by this same claimant, DeBoard v. Fred Meyer ,…