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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding the applicant's initial timely filed claim for cumulative trauma injury should be amended to conform to proof of a specific back injury on May 5, 2016. The Board rescinded the judge's order finding the applicant took nothing and instead ordered the dismissal of the defendant's later-filed specific injury claim. The case is returned to the trial level for further proceedings on the amended claim.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding the applicant's initial timely filed claim for cumulative trauma injury should be amended to conform to proof of a specific back injury on May 5, 2016. The Board rescinded the judge's order finding the applicant took nothing and instead ordered the dismissal of the defendant's later-filed specific injury claim. The case is returned to the trial level for further proceedings on the amended claim.
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