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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration of an administrative law judge's (WCJ) decision that denied applicant Jose Robles' claim for a wrist injury. The WCAB found that the WCJ erred by giving undue weight to the uncorroborated testimony of a supervisor who did not witness the incident and whose employer lacked personal knowledge of the incident details. Consequently, the WCAB rescinded the WCJ's findings and substituted its own, finding that Robles sustained an industrial injury to his right wrist and hand. One commissioner dissented, asserting the WCJ's credibility determination was based on substantial evidence.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration of an administrative law judge's (WCJ) decision that denied applicant Jose Robles' claim for a wrist injury. The WCAB found that the WCJ erred by giving undue weight to the uncorroborated testimony of a supervisor who did not witness the incident and whose employer lacked personal knowledge of the incident details. Consequently, the WCAB rescinded the WCJ's findings and substituted its own, finding that Robles sustained an industrial injury to his right wrist and hand. One commissioner dissented, asserting the WCJ's credibility determination was based on substantial evidence.
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