Court Opinion

ID: 8128351
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 16:02:35.424522+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:39:22.445610
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM
Claimant, who previously suffered a compensable work-related injury to his left foot, seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, which concluded that claimant failed to prove he suffered a compensable aggravation of that injury. The board upheld employer’s denial of the aggravation claim because it concluded that claimant did not prove an actual worsening of the accepted condition — “left cuboid fracture.” On judicial review, claimant challenges the board’s conclusion that the “actual worsening” requirement of the aggravation statute, ORS 656.273, focuses only on conditions previously identified in a notice of acceptance. We recently agreed with the board’s construction of ORS 656.273, holding that “an aggravation, under ORS 656.273, may only occur upon a condition identified in a notice of acceptance.” Nacoste v. Halton Co., 275 Or App 600, 607, 365 P3d 1098 (2015). Accordingly, we affirm the board’s decision in this case.1
Affirmed.

 We reject without written discussion claimant’s challenge to the board’s refusal to award a penalty and attorney fee for conduct by employer that a dissenting board member viewed as a “discovery violation.”