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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to clarify the applicant's alleged industrial injuries to his cervical and lumbar spine. An agreed medical evaluator's reports present conflicting opinions regarding causation and permanent disability from the incidents on August 12, 2014, and January 9, 2015. The Board is deferring the spine injury issue pending further clarification from the evaluator on whether these incidents caused any disability or required medical treatment. The Board also expressly found no industrial injury to the upper and lower extremities and deferred all other body parts.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to clarify the applicant's alleged industrial injuries to his cervical and lumbar spine. An agreed medical evaluator's reports present conflicting opinions regarding causation and permanent disability from the incidents on August 12, 2014, and January 9, 2015. The Board is deferring the spine injury issue pending further clarification from the evaluator on whether these incidents caused any disability or required medical treatment. The Board also expressly found no industrial injury to the upper and lower extremities and deferred all other body parts.
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