Case Name: In the Matter of the Compensation of Barbara June Meherin, Claimant. MEHERIN, Petitioner - Cross-Respondent, v. STAYTON CANNING CO., Respondent - Cross-Petitioner
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1988-11-23
Citations: 94 Or. App. 173
Docket Number: 86-00160; CA A45922
Parties: In the Matter of the Compensation of Barbara June Meherin, Claimant. MEHERIN, Petitioner - Cross-Respondent, v. STAYTON CANNING CO., Respondent - Cross-Petitioner.
Judges: Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 94
Pages: 173–174

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted September 9,
on petition, remanded to the board to determine compensability of claimant’s scoliosis and otherwise affirmed; affirmed on cross-petition November 23,1988
In the Matter of the Compensation of Barbara June Meherin, Claimant. MEHERIN, Petitioner - Cross-Respondent, v. STAYTON CANNING CO., Respondent - Cross-Petitioner.
(86-00160; CA A45922)
764 P2d 619
Craig A. Staples, Portland, argued the cause for respondent - cross-petitioner. With him on the brief was Roberts, Reinisch & Klor, P.C., Portland.
Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
In this workers' compensation case, claimant experienced a compensable back injury, which employer accepted. Employer subsequently issued a "partial denial" of claimant's scoliosis. Claimant properly challenged the denial by requesting a hearing. The referee determined that the scoliosis was compensable, and that, in addition, employer's denial of the condition was precluded by Bauman v. SAIF, 295 Or 788, 670 P2d 1027 (1983). The Board correctly reversed the referee on the Bauman question, noting that Johnson v. Spectra Physics, 303 Or 49, 733 P2d 1367 (1987), permits the partial denial of a condition that has not, as here, been formally accepted. However, it erred in remanding the matter to the Evaluation Division to determine the compensability of the scoliosis. The parties agree that the Board should have determined that question.
On petition, remanded to the Board to determine the compensability of claimant's scoliosis and otherwise affirmed; affirmed on cross-petition.