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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded an administrative law judge's award due to insufficient medical evidence regarding causation and apportionment. Both the primary treating physician and the agreed medical evaluator's reports were deemed lacking substantial medical evidence. The case is returned to the trial level for further development of the record and a new decision. This is necessary to properly determine industrial injury to the cervical spine and right upper extremity and apportionment in light of prior injuries.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded an administrative law judge's award due to insufficient medical evidence regarding causation and apportionment. Both the primary treating physician and the agreed medical evaluator's reports were deemed lacking substantial medical evidence. The case is returned to the trial level for further development of the record and a new decision. This is necessary to properly determine industrial injury to the cervical spine and right upper extremity and apportionment in light of prior injuries.
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