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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, reversing a trial judge's decision that denied a firefighter's claim for a stroke. The Board found that Labor Code section 3212's anti-attribution clause prevents rebuttal of the industrial injury presumption based on a pre-existing congenital heart condition. Therefore, the presumption of industrial causation applies, and the matter is returned for further proceedings.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, reversing a trial judge's decision that denied a firefighter's claim for a stroke. The Board found that Labor Code section 3212's anti-attribution clause prevents rebuttal of the industrial injury presumption based on a pre-existing congenital heart condition. Therefore, the presumption of industrial causation applies, and the matter is returned for further proceedings.
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