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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, increasing the applicant's permanent disability rating from 16% to 26%. This revision was based on incorporating the agreed medical evaluator's findings of a 14% upper extremity impairment due to decreased shoulder range of motion, which the original rating had omitted. The Board also noted the WCJ's rating instructions did not comply with established precedent regarding listing all impairments. The decision otherwise affirmed the WCJ's findings.
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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, increasing the applicant's permanent disability rating from 16% to 26%. This revision was based on incorporating the agreed medical evaluator's findings of a 14% upper extremity impairment due to decreased shoulder range of motion, which the original rating had omitted. The Board also noted the WCJ's rating instructions did not comply with established precedent regarding listing all impairments. The decision otherwise affirmed the WCJ's findings.
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