Opinion
WCB Case No. 81-00093, CA A25150
Argued and submitted December 16, 1982,
Reversed and remanded January 12, 1983
Judicial Review from Workers' Compensation Board.
Jane Bolin, Eugene, argued the cause for petitioner. On the brief were Michael L. Williams and Johnson, Harrang Swanson, Eugene.
Darrell Bewley, Appellate Counsel, State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.
Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Reversed and remanded with instructions that the aggravation claim be accepted as compensable.
Claimant appeals from a determination by the Workers' Compensation Board affirming the employer's denial of his aggravation claim for chronic strain in the sacroiliac region of the low back relating to an industrial injury in 1977 that caused multiple fractures of the left leg.
We need not reach the issue whether the Board improperly denied claimant's motion to remand for additional evidence. The medical evidence that was admitted establishes that claimant's low back problem stems either from the slight shortening of the left leg caused by the fractures or from an abnormal gait pattern resulting from the injury, or from both.
Reversed and remanded with instructions that the aggravation claim be accepted as compensable.