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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a May 14, 2021 Findings and Award concerning Lennard Hutchinson's cervical spine injury and denied psychiatric injury claim. Both applicant and defendant sought reconsideration, contesting findings on psyche injury, permanent disability apportionment, and a WPI pain add-on. The Board found the record incomplete regarding the six-month employment requirement for psychiatric injury under Labor Code section 3208.3(d), noting applicant improperly relied on an unadmitted exhibit. Consequently, the Board rescinded the original Findings and Award, deferring issues of psychiatric injury, permanent disability, and attorney's fees, and remanded the case for further proceedings.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a May 14, 2021 Findings and Award concerning Lennard Hutchinson's cervical spine injury and denied psychiatric injury claim. Both applicant and defendant sought reconsideration, contesting findings on psyche injury, permanent disability apportionment, and a WPI pain add-on. The Board found the record incomplete regarding the six-month employment requirement for psychiatric injury under Labor Code section 3208.3(d), noting applicant improperly relied on an unadmitted exhibit. Consequently, the Board rescinded the original Findings and Award, deferring issues of psychiatric injury, permanent disability, and attorney's fees, and remanded the case for further proceedings.
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