Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board Finds Firefighter’s Heart Condition Work-Related

After an Administrative Law Judge upheld SAIF’s denial of a firefighter’s occupational disease claim for a heart condition, the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) reversed the decision, finding in favor of the firefighter on the issue of compensability. The WCB concluded that the opinions of SAIF’s medical experts were insufficient to overcome the “firefighter presumption” in […]