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The applicant sought reconsideration of a workers' compensation award, specifically challenging the permanent disability rating based on an internal medicine report instead of a psychiatric one. The Appeals Board denied the reconsideration, agreeing with the WCJ that the applicant's only industrially injured condition was hypertension, making the internal medicine report the appropriate basis for the rating. The Board also corrected a clerical error in the original award, changing "weekly" to "monthly" for the average earnings.
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The applicant sought reconsideration of a workers' compensation award, specifically challenging the permanent disability rating based on an internal medicine report instead of a psychiatric one. The Appeals Board denied the reconsideration, agreeing with the WCJ that the applicant's only industrially injured condition was hypertension, making the internal medicine report the appropriate basis for the rating. The Board also corrected a clerical error in the original award, changing "weekly" to "monthly" for the average earnings.
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