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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior award, finding insufficient medical evidence to support an industrial injury to the applicant's left leg. The Board also determined that temporary disability was not a litigated issue at trial and thus deleted any prior findings on that matter. The issue of permanent disability was deferred due to the inadequacy of the medical evaluator's report, which failed to properly explain deviations from the AMA Guides. The case is returned to the trial level for further development of the record and a new decision on the left leg injury and permanent disability, with a new medical evaluator to be selected.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior award, finding insufficient medical evidence to support an industrial injury to the applicant's left leg. The Board also determined that temporary disability was not a litigated issue at trial and thus deleted any prior findings on that matter. The issue of permanent disability was deferred due to the inadequacy of the medical evaluator's report, which failed to properly explain deviations from the AMA Guides. The case is returned to the trial level for further development of the record and a new decision on the left leg injury and permanent disability, with a new medical evaluator to be selected.
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