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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration to address the applicant's claim that his psychiatric and physical disabilities should be added, not combined, leading to a potential $100 %$ permanent disability award. The WCJ had previously found $82 %$ permanent disability based on a combination of injuries. The WCAB rescinded the original decision, finding the record lacked substantial evidence on whether the psychiatric disability's "synergistic effect" on physical impairments warranted addition. The case is returned to the WCJ for further proceedings to clarify this issue and develop the record for a new decision.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration to address the applicant's claim that his psychiatric and physical disabilities should be added, not combined, leading to a potential $100 %$ permanent disability award. The WCJ had previously found $82 %$ permanent disability based on a combination of injuries. The WCAB rescinded the original decision, finding the record lacked substantial evidence on whether the psychiatric disability's "synergistic effect" on physical impairments warranted addition. The case is returned to the WCJ for further proceedings to clarify this issue and develop the record for a new decision.
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