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This case concerns an applicant's industrial injury causing cardiovascular and digestive system damage. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the applicant's petition for reconsideration as moot due to the judge's rescission of a prior award. The Board granted the defendant's petition, limiting the applicant's total temporary disability to 104 weeks per Labor Code section 4656(c)(2). The issue of a 15% permanent disability increase under Labor Code section 4658(d)(2) was deferred for further proceedings.
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This case concerns an applicant's industrial injury causing cardiovascular and digestive system damage. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the applicant's petition for reconsideration as moot due to the judge's rescission of a prior award. The Board granted the defendant's petition, limiting the applicant's total temporary disability to 104 weeks per Labor Code section 4656(c)(2). The issue of a 15% permanent disability increase under Labor Code section 4658(d)(2) was deferred for further proceedings.
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