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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended the original findings of fact. The defendant sought reconsideration arguing no substantial medical evidence supported the finding of injury arising out of and in the course of employment (AOE/COE) and that the findings failed to specify the injured body part. The Board affirmed the AOE/COE finding, adopting the WCJ's credible testimony and contemporaneous medical records supporting a back injury on February 26, 2014. The amended finding specified the injury was to applicant's back.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended the original findings of fact. The defendant sought reconsideration arguing no substantial medical evidence supported the finding of injury arising out of and in the course of employment (AOE/COE) and that the findings failed to specify the injured body part. The Board affirmed the AOE/COE finding, adopting the WCJ's credible testimony and contemporaneous medical records supporting a back injury on February 26, 2014. The amended finding specified the injury was to applicant's back.
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