Case Name: In the Matter of the Compensation of Joe McKenzie, Claimant. R. A. GRAY & COMPANY, Petitioner, v. McKenzie, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1982-03-08
Citations: 56 Or. App. 394
Docket Number: WCB Case No. 80-03508, CA A21273
Parties: In the Matter of the Compensation of Joe McKenzie, Claimant. R. A. GRAY & COMPANY, Petitioner, v. McKenzie, Respondent.
Judges: Before Joseph, Chief Judge, and Warden and Warren, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 56
Pages: 394–395

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted October 30, 1981,
affirmed as modified March 8,
reconsideration allowed, affirmed as modified (57 Or App 426, 645 P2d 30) May 19, petition for review denied June 29, 1982 (293 Or 340)
In the Matter of the Compensation of Joe McKenzie, Claimant. R. A. GRAY & COMPANY, Petitioner, v. McKenzie, Respondent.
(WCB Case No. 80-03508, CA A21273)
641 P2d 672
Emil R. Berg, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. On the brief were Margaret H. Leek Leiberan, and Lang, Klein, Wolf, Smith, Griffith & Hallmark, Portland.
Rolf Olson, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Gregg R. Hraca, and Olson, Hittle, Gardner & Evans, Salem.
Before Joseph, Chief Judge, and Warden and Warren, Judges.
PER CURIAM.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this worker's compensation case, employer appeals an order of the Workers' Compensation Board, which reversed the order of the referee and held that claimant's neurological disorder was causally related to his 1978 injury and that claimant's condition had become aggravated. The Board awarded claimant permanent total disability commencing June 3, 1981, the date of the order.
On de novo review, we affirm the order of the Board awarding permanent total disability and find that claimant established that he was permanently and totally disabled as of July 2, 1980, when Dr. Rafal diagnosed claimant's condition as progressive supranuclear palsy. Morris v. Denny's, 53 Or App 863, 633 P2d 827 (1981).
Order modified to provide that claimant's award of permanent and total disability be made retroactive to July 2, 1980. Affirmed as modified.