NEWELL v. SAIF CORP.

WCB 92-09328; CA A81960.

896 P.2d 16 (1995)

134 Or. App. 625

In the Matter of the Compensation of Lori A. Newell, Claimant. Lori A. NEWELL, Petitioner, v. SAIF CORPORATION and Benton County, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wollheim, Portland, argued the cause, for petitioner. With him on the brief were James C. Egan and Emmons, Kropp, Kryger, Alexander, Egan & Allen, P.C., Albany.

Michael O. Whitty, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., argued the cause, for respondents. With him on the brief were Theodore R. Kulongoski, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen.

Before DEITS, P.J., and De MUNIZ and LEESON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Claimant seeks review of the Board's order holding that it lacked jurisdiction to determine whether surgery proposed by her physician was a reasonable and necessary medical treatment for her condition and upholding employer's partial denial of her claim for symptoms in her right forearm and hand.

As SAIF concedes, under the Supreme Court's decision in Niccum v. Southcoast Lumber Co., 320 Or. 189,

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