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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend a prior award, finding that the applicant's current low back injury should be apportioned at 20% to a prior industrial injury. This apportionment, based on medical opinion and MRI evidence showing injury to the same disc level, reduces the current permanent disability award to 8%. The decision emphasizes that apportionment is required under Labor Code section 4663, even when different rating schedules are involved.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend a prior award, finding that the applicant's current low back injury should be apportioned at 20% to a prior industrial injury. This apportionment, based on medical opinion and MRI evidence showing injury to the same disc level, reduces the current permanent disability award to 8%. The decision emphasizes that apportionment is required under Labor Code section 4663, even when different rating schedules are involved.
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