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This case involves a workers' compensation applicant, a police officer, seeking reconsideration of a denial for increased benefits due to alleged serious and willful misconduct by the California Highway Patrol. The applicant claimed unsafe working conditions at a vehicle inspection facility led to his psychological injury (PTSD). However, the Board denied reconsideration, finding no evidence that the alleged misconduct at the facility proximately caused his PTSD, which medical evidence indicated predated his time there. Furthermore, the applicant failed to prove that employer representatives with sufficient authority knew of the specific dangerous conditions and deliberately failed to act.
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This case involves a workers' compensation applicant, a police officer, seeking reconsideration of a denial for increased benefits due to alleged serious and willful misconduct by the California Highway Patrol. The applicant claimed unsafe working conditions at a vehicle inspection facility led to his psychological injury (PTSD). However, the Board denied reconsideration, finding no evidence that the alleged misconduct at the facility proximately caused his PTSD, which medical evidence indicated predated his time there. Furthermore, the applicant failed to prove that employer representatives with sufficient authority knew of the specific dangerous conditions and deliberately failed to act.
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