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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration of a prior decision, increasing the applicant's permanent disability rating from 7% to 14% due to insufficient evidence for apportionment by the agreed medical examiner. The WCAB also ruled that the defendant is not entitled to a credit for temporary disability overpayment, citing the hardship it would impose on the applicant. Finally, the WCAB increased the attorney's fee to $2,000.00.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration of a prior decision, increasing the applicant's permanent disability rating from 7% to 14% due to insufficient evidence for apportionment by the agreed medical examiner. The WCAB also ruled that the defendant is not entitled to a credit for temporary disability overpayment, citing the hardship it would impose on the applicant. Finally, the WCAB increased the attorney's fee to $2,000.00.
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