GILLETTE, Presiding Judge.
Claimant, an immigrant Greek woman in her early 50's, injured her lower back while working as a maid for respondent's Lloyd Center Sheraton Hotel in Portland. She has been in constant pain since the injury, and a referee awarded her permanent total disability. The Workers' Compensation Board reduced the award to 70 percent permanent partial disability, finding that claimant's refusal to undergo a laminectomy was unreasonable. On de novo...
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