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This case involves an applicant seeking reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision regarding industrial injuries to her spine and psyche. The Board rescinded the prior award, finding that the defense medical expert's opinion on psychiatric causation was not substantial evidence due to an incomplete medical record review. The matter is returned to the WCJ for further proceedings to develop the record concerning the applicant's psychiatric disability and the overall level of permanent disability. The Board affirmed the finding that the applicant did not sustain an industrial injury to her left arm.
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This case involves an applicant seeking reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision regarding industrial injuries to her spine and psyche. The Board rescinded the prior award, finding that the defense medical expert's opinion on psychiatric causation was not substantial evidence due to an incomplete medical record review. The matter is returned to the WCJ for further proceedings to develop the record concerning the applicant's psychiatric disability and the overall level of permanent disability. The Board affirmed the finding that the applicant did not sustain an industrial injury to her left arm.
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