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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to clarify the applicant's date of injury for cumulative trauma. The original award found industrial injury to the neck and low back for a trailer mechanic but did not address liability division between two third-party administrators, Athens Administrators and Gallagher Bassett Services. The Board deferred the issue of the period of injurious exposure to the Workers' Compensation Judge. The matter is returned to the WCJ for further proceedings and a new decision on this specific issue.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to clarify the applicant's date of injury for cumulative trauma. The original award found industrial injury to the neck and low back for a trailer mechanic but did not address liability division between two third-party administrators, Athens Administrators and Gallagher Bassett Services. The Board deferred the issue of the period of injurious exposure to the Workers' Compensation Judge. The matter is returned to the WCJ for further proceedings and a new decision on this specific issue.
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