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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied applicant Armando Rodriguez's petition for reconsideration. The Board had previously granted reconsideration of an initial finding that Rodriguez sustained a psychiatric injury, instead determining that the claim was barred by the "good faith personnel action defense." The Board found the defendant met its burden of proof that the applicant's psychiatric injury claim was barred by Labor Code section 3208.3(h). Therefore, applicant was ordered to take nothing by way of his claim.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied applicant Armando Rodriguez's petition for reconsideration. The Board had previously granted reconsideration of an initial finding that Rodriguez sustained a psychiatric injury, instead determining that the claim was barred by the "good faith personnel action defense." The Board found the defendant met its burden of proof that the applicant's psychiatric injury claim was barred by Labor Code section 3208.3(h). Therefore, applicant was ordered to take nothing by way of his claim.
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