CHRISTENSEN v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND


557 P.2d 48 (1976)

27 Or.App. 595

In the matter of the Compensation of Gary T. CHRISTENSEN, Claimant, Appellant, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Melum, Medford, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Frohnmayer & Deatherage and Stuart E. Foster, Medford.

Kevin L. Mannix, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and W. Michael Gillette, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and THORNTON and TANZER, JJ.


THORNTON, Judge.

Claimant appeals from an order of the circuit court, affirming both the hearings referee and the Workmen's Compensation Board, denying compensation for an alleged aggravation. The issue in the case is the difficult one of ascribing causation for a lumbar spine problem leading to a fusion.

Claimant had a congenital anomaly of the lumbar spine described as a "transitional vertebra." He had no symptoms...

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