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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinding a prior award that found 4% permanent disability. The Board found the orthopedist's apportionment of lumbar spine impairment to nonindustrial daily activities to be unsubstantiated. Specifically, the doctor could not identify specific nonindustrial activities causing impairment or link them to the found impairment. Therefore, the Board awarded an unapportioned 7% permanent disability for the applicant's industrial lumbar spine injury.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinding a prior award that found 4% permanent disability. The Board found the orthopedist's apportionment of lumbar spine impairment to nonindustrial daily activities to be unsubstantiated. Specifically, the doctor could not identify specific nonindustrial activities causing impairment or link them to the found impairment. Therefore, the Board awarded an unapportioned 7% permanent disability for the applicant's industrial lumbar spine injury.
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