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KATHLEEN GARLAND vs. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Legally Uninsured (STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, STATE CONTRACT SERVICE, Adjusting Agent)

Filed: Oct 09, 2007
VNO 0435498

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior award for psychiatric injury and hypertension aggravation due to industrial cumulative trauma. The Board found the applicant's medical evaluator's opinion unreliable due to an inaccurate and incomplete history of significant non-industrial stressors, including the death of her son. Consequently, the Board rescinded the award and remanded the case for further development of the record concerning industrial causation and apportionment.

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior award for psychiatric injury and hypertension aggravation due to industrial cumulative trauma. The Board found the applicant's medical evaluator's opinion unreliable due to an inaccurate and incomplete history of significant non-industrial stressors, including the death of her son. Consequently, the Board rescinded the award and remanded the case for further development of the record concerning industrial causation and apportionment.

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