Case Name: In the Matter of the Compensation of Phillip L. Bettin, Claimant. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. BETTIN, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1987-02-25
Citations: 84 Or. App. 140
Docket Number: WCB 85-0546M; CA A38274, A39360
Parties: In the Matter of the Compensation of Phillip L. Bettin, Claimant. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. BETTIN, Respondent.
Judges: Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 84
Pages: 140–141

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted January 30,
affirmed February 25, 1987
In the Matter of the Compensation of Phillip L. Bettin, Claimant. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. BETTIN, Respondent.
(WCB 85-0546M; CA A38274 (Control), A39360)
(Cases Consolidated)
733 P2d 897
Jerry K. Brown, McMinnville, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Cummins, Cummins, Brown & Goodman, P.C., McMinnville.
William H. Schultz, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Peter W. Preston, and Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, O’Leary & Conboy, Portland.
Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board awarding claimant additional temporary total disability. The Board reopened the claim, on which aggravation rights had expired, on its own motion, without expressly finding that there had been a worsening of the compensated condition. The Board, on its own motion, is not authorized to award such benefits without that finding.
On de novo review, we find that claimant has shown that he has suffered a worsening of his compensable condition and that the Board correctly reopened the claim, thereby authorizing the award of temporary total disability. See Gwynn v. SAIF, 84 Or App 67, 733 P2d 895 (1987).
Affirmed.