Court of Appeals of Oregon, 1977

Coleman v. Silver Spur Motel

Coleman v. Silver Spur Motel
Court of Appeals of Oregon · Decided May 23, 1977 · Johnson, Richardson, Schwab
29 Or. App. 565; 564 P.2d 742; 1977 Ore. App. LEXIS 2390

Coleman v. Silver Spur Motel

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The sole issue in this worker’s compensation case is whether claimant’s back problems are causally related to a compensable injury which occurred in 1970. The undisputed medical testimony indicates that his problems were degenerative in nature resulting in the overgrowth of a bone that compressed a nerve in his back. Neither his surgeon nor his treating physician even attempted to establish the cause of the overgrowth.

This is not an uncomplicated situation of the type which can be resolved in favor of the claimant without supporting medical evidence. There was none.

Affirmed.

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