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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration to review the previous findings. The WCAB affirmed the administrative law judge's credibility findings for the applicant's testimony regarding a specific injury on August 17, 2012, and found neither claim barred by the post-termination defense or statute of limitations. However, the WCAB rescinded the previous order and deferred the issue of whether the applicant sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment for both claimed injuries, returning the matter for further development of the medical record.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration to review the previous findings. The WCAB affirmed the administrative law judge's credibility findings for the applicant's testimony regarding a specific injury on August 17, 2012, and found neither claim barred by the post-termination defense or statute of limitations. However, the WCAB rescinded the previous order and deferred the issue of whether the applicant sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment for both claimed injuries, returning the matter for further development of the medical record.
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