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The WCAB granted reconsideration to amend its prior decision, affirming that the applicant sustained an industrial injury on September 8, 2014. However, the WCAB deferred specific findings on which body parts were injured, remanding this issue to the trial level for further proceedings. The defendant sought reconsideration, arguing the Board erred in reversing the original WCJ's denial of the claim. A dissenting commissioner believed the record did not establish a causal link between the fall and the alleged injuries, highlighting undisclosed prior accidents and lack of contemporaneous medical evidence.
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The WCAB granted reconsideration to amend its prior decision, affirming that the applicant sustained an industrial injury on September 8, 2014. However, the WCAB deferred specific findings on which body parts were injured, remanding this issue to the trial level for further proceedings. The defendant sought reconsideration, arguing the Board erred in reversing the original WCJ's denial of the claim. A dissenting commissioner believed the record did not establish a causal link between the fall and the alleged injuries, highlighting undisclosed prior accidents and lack of contemporaneous medical evidence.
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