Case Name: In the Matter of the Compensation of Michael D. Pederson, Claimant. PEDERSON, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1981-03-23
Citations: 51 Or. App. 361
Docket Number: WCB No. 79-10,812, CA 18743
Parties: In the Matter of the Compensation of Michael D. Pederson, Claimant. PEDERSON, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.
Judges: Before Joseph, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Warren, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 51
Pages: 361–362

Head Matter:
On petitioner’s reconsideration filed February 18, former opinion withdrawn; petition for reconsideration allowed;
reversed and remanded (50 Or App 183, 622 P2d 757) March 23, 1981
In the Matter of the Compensation of Michael D. Pederson, Claimant. PEDERSON, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.
(WCB No. 79-10,812, CA 18743)
625 P2d 666
Benton Flaxel and Flaxel, Todd & Nylander, North Bend, for petition.
Before Joseph, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Warren, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Claimant moves for reconsideration of our opinion in Pederson v. SAIF, 50 Or App 183, 622 P2d 757 (1981). We concluded therein that claimant had not proved a worsening of his back condition for which he had been previously compensated. Because we found no explicit concession by SAIF in the proceedings below that there was a worsening, we affirmed.
We now hold that where the only issue tried below was that of causation, and the worsening was evidently assumed by all parties, our review should have been limited to the issue of causation. The referee and the Workers' Compensation Board found no causation because one medical report stated the back problems predated the original on-the-job injury. In our prior opinion we characterized that conclusion as erroneous, and we adhere to that.
We find that the injury was compensable, and we remand to the Board for further proceedings to determine claimant's entitlement to additional compensation. ORS 656.273(1).
Reconsideration granted; reversed and remanded.