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This case involves applicant Gary Mills seeking reconsideration of a joint award for 100% permanent total disability resulting from multiple industrial injuries sustained as a paramedic. The defendant argues that the disability should be apportioned between the separate injury dates. However, medical experts, including the Agreed Medical Examiner in orthopedics, found it medically impossible to apportion the applicant's permanent total disability between the various injuries and subsequent complications. The Board affirmed the WCJ's decision, holding that an unapportioned award is justified when medical evidence prevents precise apportionment, particularly when complications from medical treatment directly cause the permanent total disability.
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This case involves applicant Gary Mills seeking reconsideration of a joint award for 100% permanent total disability resulting from multiple industrial injuries sustained as a paramedic. The defendant argues that the disability should be apportioned between the separate injury dates. However, medical experts, including the Agreed Medical Examiner in orthopedics, found it medically impossible to apportion the applicant's permanent total disability between the various injuries and subsequent complications. The Board affirmed the WCJ's decision, holding that an unapportioned award is justified when medical evidence prevents precise apportionment, particularly when complications from medical treatment directly cause the permanent total disability.
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