55 Van Natta 4348 (2003). JIM L. CHISUM, Claimant.

• Court: Oregon

Oregon Workers Compensation 2003. 55 Van Natta 4348 (2003). JIM L. CHISUM, Claimant 4348In the Matter of the Compensation of JIM L. CHISUM, ClaimantWCB Case No. 02-02917ORDER ON REVIEWHooton Wold and Okrent LLP, Claimant Attorneys Radler Bohy et al, Defense AttorneysReviewing Panel: Members Lowell, Biehl, and Bock. Member Biehl chose not to sign the order. Claimant requests review of Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Sencer's order that upheld the self-insured employer's denial of his occupational disease claim for binaural hearing loss. On review, the issue is compensability. We adopt and affirm the ALJ's order with the following supplementation. The ALJ upheld the employer's denial, finding the medical opinion of Dr. Hodgson, who examined claimant at the employer's request, more persuasive than that of Dr. Wilson, who also examined claimant. On review, claimant makes several arguments in support of his position that Dr. Hodgson's opinion is poorly reasoned and hence not persuasive. However, we agree with the ALJ's conclusion that Dr. Hodgson's opinion is well reasoned. More importantly, we also agree with the ALJ that the only medical opinion supporting compensability, Dr. Wilson's, is insufficient to satisfy claimant's burden of proof. In particular, we note Dr. Wilson's assumption that claimant was exposed to 30 years of noise at a level of at least 100 decibels. (Ex. 27-2)...