GILBERT v. CAVENHAM FOREST INDUSTRIES DIV.

99-09439; A112661

39 P.3d 883 (2002)

179 Or. App. 341

In the Matter of the Compensation of William L. Gilbert, Claimant. William L. GILBERT, Petitioner, v. CAVENHAM FOREST INDUSTRIES DIVISION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided January 30, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Sly, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner.

Karen O'Casey argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Jean Ohman Back and Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C., Bend.

Before LANDAU, Presiding Judge, and BREWER and SCHUMAN, Judges.


SCHUMAN, J.

The Workers' Compensation Board (Board) rejected claimant's attempt to expand the scope of a previously accepted claim. We affirm.

Claimant first compensably injured his low back working for a previous employer in 1963. Two surgeries, a lumbar laminectomy in 1963 and a lumbar fusion in 1965, alleviated his pain for 15 years, during which he performed unlimited strenuous labor. Then, in January 1980, he fell from a machine at work and again injured...

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