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This case involves two workers' compensation claims where the applicant sought reconsideration of a prior award. The applicant argued that his permanent disability award for a hernia was insufficient and that he should have received a finding of industrial injury to his left shoulder. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, affirming previously awarded injuries to the low back, knees, psyche, and hernia. However, they rescinded the prior awards and deferred the issue of left shoulder injury, along with other related issues like permanent disability and further medical treatment for the shoulder, pending further proceedings at the trial level. The Board noted that while the shoulder injury was raised in amended applications and supported by some medical evidence, it was never formally adjudicated.
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This case involves two workers' compensation claims where the applicant sought reconsideration of a prior award. The applicant argued that his permanent disability award for a hernia was insufficient and that he should have received a finding of industrial injury to his left shoulder. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, affirming previously awarded injuries to the low back, knees, psyche, and hernia. However, they rescinded the prior awards and deferred the issue of left shoulder injury, along with other related issues like permanent disability and further medical treatment for the shoulder, pending further proceedings at the trial level. The Board noted that while the shoulder injury was raised in amended applications and supported by some medical evidence, it was never formally adjudicated.
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