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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the WCJ's prior award of temporary disability. The Board found that the Agreed Medical Examiner's report was ambiguous regarding the applicant's temporary disability status pending a decision on back surgery. The case is returned to the trial level for further proceedings to clarify the applicant's temporary disability status, including providing the AME with requested information and a supplemental report.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the WCJ's prior award of temporary disability. The Board found that the Agreed Medical Examiner's report was ambiguous regarding the applicant's temporary disability status pending a decision on back surgery. The case is returned to the trial level for further proceedings to clarify the applicant's temporary disability status, including providing the AME with requested information and a supplemental report.
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