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This case involves an admitted industrial injury to the applicant's upper extremities, with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granting reconsideration of a previous award. The WCAB rescinded the original award due to the trial judge's failure to rule on the defendant's objection to the admissibility of a key medical report. The admissibility of this report, which reviewed an inadmissible prior opinion, is central to determining permanent disability and related benefits like a supplemental job displacement voucher. The case is returned to the trial level for an express ruling on the report's admissibility and further proceedings on the remaining issues.
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This case involves an admitted industrial injury to the applicant's upper extremities, with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granting reconsideration of a previous award. The WCAB rescinded the original award due to the trial judge's failure to rule on the defendant's objection to the admissibility of a key medical report. The admissibility of this report, which reviewed an inadmissible prior opinion, is central to determining permanent disability and related benefits like a supplemental job displacement voucher. The case is returned to the trial level for an express ruling on the report's admissibility and further proceedings on the remaining issues.
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