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MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF LARSON

No. 79-07895; CA A20838.

636 P.2d 984 (1981)

In the matter of the Compensation of Ole Larson, Claimant. Ole E. Larson, Petitioner, v. BROOKS-SCANLON, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin E. Hansen, Bend, argued the cause for petitioner. On the brief were Lyman C. Johnson and Johnson, Marceau, Karnopp & Petersen, Bend.

Margaret H. Leek Leiberan, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was Lang, Klein, Wolf, Smith, Griffith & Hallmark, Portland.

Before GILLETTE, P.J., and ROBERTS and YOUNG, JJ.

GILLETTE, Presiding Judge.

This is a workers' compensation case in which the issue is whether claimant has shown, by a preponderance of the evidence, that his present disabling low back symptoms are an aggravation of an earlier compensable injury. The referee held that they are; the Workers' Compensation Board reversed. We reverse.

Claimant, a 55-year old logger, has an extensive history of low back trouble since at least 1967. However, he was symptom free...

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