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This Workers' Compensation Appeals Board case involves an employer and its insurer seeking reconsideration of an award for temporary total disability and medical treatment. The insurer argued the Agreed Medical Examiner's (AME) report was insufficient, lacked substantial medical evidence for the disability finding, and that their due process rights were violated due to inadequate notice of hearings. The Board granted reconsideration solely to amend the decision to allow reimbursement for EDD benefits from the temporary disability indemnity, affirming the WCJ's findings on all other issues.
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This Workers' Compensation Appeals Board case involves an employer and its insurer seeking reconsideration of an award for temporary total disability and medical treatment. The insurer argued the Agreed Medical Examiner's (AME) report was insufficient, lacked substantial medical evidence for the disability finding, and that their due process rights were violated due to inadequate notice of hearings. The Board granted reconsideration solely to amend the decision to allow reimbursement for EDD benefits from the temporary disability indemnity, affirming the WCJ's findings on all other issues.
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