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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the prior findings, and returned the case for further development of the record. The Board found that while the applicant's medical evidence was admissible due to the defendant's failure to comply with MPN notification requirements, there was no substantial medical evidence to support industrial causation. The primary treating physician's opinion was deemed conclusory, lacking a sufficient link between the described work activities and the claimed injuries. Therefore, further proceedings are required to develop the record on industrial causation.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the prior findings, and returned the case for further development of the record. The Board found that while the applicant's medical evidence was admissible due to the defendant's failure to comply with MPN notification requirements, there was no substantial medical evidence to support industrial causation. The primary treating physician's opinion was deemed conclusory, lacking a sufficient link between the described work activities and the claimed injuries. Therefore, further proceedings are required to develop the record on industrial causation.
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