Case Name: TRIVETT, Appellant, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1978-01-16
Citations: 32 Or. App. 169
Docket Number: No. 7712, CA 8849
Parties: TRIVETT, Appellant, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent.
Judges: Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Thornton and Joseph, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 32
Pages: 169–171

Head Matter:
Submitted on record and briefs November 22, 1977,
affirmed January 16, 1978
TRIVETT, Appellant, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent.
(No. 7712, CA 8849)
573 P2d 335
Maurice V. Engelgau and Walter B. Hogan, Coquille, filed the brief for appellant.
Keith R. Maloney, Chief Counsel, James A. Blevins, Chief Trial Counsel, and Earl M. Preston, Associate Counsel, State Accident Insurance Fund, Legal Division, Salem, filed the brief for respondent.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Thornton and Joseph, Judges.
PER CURIAM.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The issues involved in this workers' compensation case are: (1) whether the claimant's condition has been aggravated; (2) whether the aggravation, if any, is the proximate result of a compensable injury; and (3) the extent of claimant's disability. The referee and Workers' Compensation Board concluded that claimant's physical condition had worsened since his claim had been closed in 1974, and that he was permanently and totally disabled. The circuit court agreed that claimant's injury had been aggravated but it reduced the award to 65 percent of unscheduled neck disability.
We have reviewed the record and conclude, as did the referee, Board and circuit court, that claimant's condition has worsened as a result of his 1971 injury. However, we agree with the circuit court that the evidence shows that claimant's present condition is only partially medically attributable to the aggravation of the 1971 injury.
We adopt the circuit court's opinion which held that claimant was entitled to an additional 48 degrees for a total of 208 degrees (65 percent) neck disability.
Affirmed.