285 Or. App. 732 - DeBoard v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “"Even assuming that claimant established the existence of the claimed conditions * * * we would still conclude that the otherwise compensable injury was not the major contributing cause of the disability and need for treatment of the combined thoracic disc conditions. In reaching this conclusion, we are persuaded by the well-reasoned opinion of Dr. Arbeene that the preexisting condition was the major contributing cause of the disability and need for treatment of the combined conditions. "Accordingly, the employer satisfied its burden of proof under ORS 656.266(2)(a)." 1”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Or. App. 742 - Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. v. Deboard (In re Deboard)

2. “with no spinal cord compression. Claimant filed a new/omitted medical condition claim, asking employer to accept a T6 disc protrusion, a T7-8 disc protrusion, and a T8-9 disc protrusion. Employer denied the claim, and claimant requested a hearing. The medical evidence is undisputed that claimant suffers from a degenerative condition in three thoracic disc levels of her back. But medical experts offered differing views on the cause of claimant's degenerative disc condition, which they varyingly described as thoracic spondylosis, disc”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Or. App. 742 - Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. v. Deboard (In re Deboard)

3. “claimant had failed to prove the existence of the new/omitted medical condition”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Or. App. 742 - Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. v. Deboard (In re Deboard)