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The Appeals Board granted the defendant's petition for reconsideration and affirmed the WCJ's original Findings and Awards, with modifications. The Board corrected clerical errors regarding the date of injury for cumulative trauma in ADJ8109606 and amended the temporary disability finding in ADJ7917390 to include credit for days worked. The Board found that the Agreed Medical Evaluator's use of the range of motion method for rating spinal impairments, based on MRI and EMG results, constituted substantial evidence and rejected the defendant's arguments otherwise. Finally, the Board dismissed applicant's untimely raised issue regarding the "additive method."
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The Appeals Board granted the defendant's petition for reconsideration and affirmed the WCJ's original Findings and Awards, with modifications. The Board corrected clerical errors regarding the date of injury for cumulative trauma in ADJ8109606 and amended the temporary disability finding in ADJ7917390 to include credit for days worked. The Board found that the Agreed Medical Evaluator's use of the range of motion method for rating spinal impairments, based on MRI and EMG results, constituted substantial evidence and rejected the defendant's arguments otherwise. Finally, the Board dismissed applicant's untimely raised issue regarding the "additive method."
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