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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the prior award because the Agreed Medical Examiner's opinion was based on an incorrect legal theory regarding industrial causation. The Board found that the AME's opinion that the applicant's vascular condition was not industrially caused or aggravated was not substantial evidence, requiring further development of the record. Therefore, the case was returned to the trial level for the AME to provide a supplemental opinion on whether the vascular condition was industrially caused or a consequence of the admitted injury.
JAMES BEENE vs. ANDERSON CHEVROLET/AUTONATION, INC., ACE-USA, UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS GROUP is a workers' compensation case decided in . This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the prior award because the Agreed Medical Examiner's opinion was based on an incorrect legal theory regarding industrial causation. The Board found that the AME's opinion that the applicant's vascular condition was not industrially caused or aggravated was not substantial evidence, requiring further development of the record. Therefore, the case was returned to the trial level for the AME to provide a supplemental opinion on whether the vascular condition was industrially caused or a consequence of the admitted injury.
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