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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded a prior award, returning the case to the trial level. The Board found insufficient development of the record regarding whether the applicant's left shoulder injury resulted from "overuse" as a compensable consequence of a right shoulder injury, or if it constituted a separate cumulative injury. The Board instructed further development of medical evidence and a new decision to clarify the distinction between overuse and cumulative trauma in this specific instance.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded a prior award, returning the case to the trial level. The Board found insufficient development of the record regarding whether the applicant's left shoulder injury resulted from "overuse" as a compensable consequence of a right shoulder injury, or if it constituted a separate cumulative injury. The Board instructed further development of medical evidence and a new decision to clarify the distinction between overuse and cumulative trauma in this specific instance.
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