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This case concerns a Petition for Reconsideration filed by the City of Los Angeles, challenging an arbitrator's findings that applicant Lenin Quiroz sustained an industrially caused testicular cancer. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reviewed the defendant's contentions regarding the statute of limitations, the substantiality of medical evidence from Agreed Medical Evaluator Dr. Fred Kuyt, and the proper occupational group number. The Board denied the petition, affirming the arbitrator's findings that the statute of limitations did not bar the claim, Dr. Kuyt's medical opinion constituted substantial evidence, and Occupational Group Number 490 was appropriate based on the applicant's job duties.
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This case concerns a Petition for Reconsideration filed by the City of Los Angeles, challenging an arbitrator's findings that applicant Lenin Quiroz sustained an industrially caused testicular cancer. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reviewed the defendant's contentions regarding the statute of limitations, the substantiality of medical evidence from Agreed Medical Evaluator Dr. Fred Kuyt, and the proper occupational group number. The Board denied the petition, affirming the arbitrator's findings that the statute of limitations did not bar the claim, Dr. Kuyt's medical opinion constituted substantial evidence, and Occupational Group Number 490 was appropriate based on the applicant's job duties.
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