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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior decision denying a low back injury claim. The Board found that the Agreed Medical Examiner's deposition testimony, acknowledging a probable contribution of continuous work to the applicant's low back condition, constituted substantial evidence of injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment. Consequently, the prior findings were rescinded, and a new finding establishing injury AOE/COE to the applicant's low back was substituted. All other issues were deferred.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior decision denying a low back injury claim. The Board found that the Agreed Medical Examiner's deposition testimony, acknowledging a probable contribution of continuous work to the applicant's low back condition, constituted substantial evidence of injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment. Consequently, the prior findings were rescinded, and a new finding establishing injury AOE/COE to the applicant's low back was substituted. All other issues were deferred.
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