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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration to review the WCJ's finding that applicant sustained a cumulative trauma injury from 2000-2008 and that the claim was not time-barred. The Board dismissed the defendant's petition for removal and affirmed that the claim is not time-barred, estopping the defendant from asserting the statute of limitations due to failure to provide required notices. However, the WCAB returned the matter to the trial level to further develop the record on industrial causation, as medical evidence is generally required for such claims.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration to review the WCJ's finding that applicant sustained a cumulative trauma injury from 2000-2008 and that the claim was not time-barred. The Board dismissed the defendant's petition for removal and affirmed that the claim is not time-barred, estopping the defendant from asserting the statute of limitations due to failure to provide required notices. However, the WCAB returned the matter to the trial level to further develop the record on industrial causation, as medical evidence is generally required for such claims.
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