James v. Kemper Insurance

Claimant petitions for judicial review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that affirmed a referee’s order upholding the insurer’s denial of payment for chiropractic services in excess of those provided for by OAR 436-69-201(2)(a).1 On de novo review, ORS 656.298, we affirm.

In July, 1982, claimant was injured while employed by General Foods. She was treated by Dr. Buttler, a chiropractor. In March, 1983, a determination order found that she was medically stationary and awarded her temporary total disability. Nevertheless, her physician felt that she would benefit from ongoing chiropractic…