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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed a prior decision finding the applicant sustained industrial injury to his spine and irritable bowel syndrome, resulting in 60% permanent disability. The Board also upheld the denial of compensation for psychiatric injury, deeming the fall caused by balloon string not a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition." A dissenting opinion argued the event was uncommon and unexpected, thus compensable under Labor Code section 3208.3(d). The majority opinion found the WCJ's reasoning, that tripping on balloon string was not an event expected to cause psychic disturbances, to be sound.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed a prior decision finding the applicant sustained industrial injury to his spine and irritable bowel syndrome, resulting in 60% permanent disability. The Board also upheld the denial of compensation for psychiatric injury, deeming the fall caused by balloon string not a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition." A dissenting opinion argued the event was uncommon and unexpected, thus compensable under Labor Code section 3208.3(d). The majority opinion found the WCJ's reasoning, that tripping on balloon string was not an event expected to cause psychic disturbances, to be sound.
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