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This case involves White Memorial Medical Center's petition for reconsideration of a Joint Findings and Award finding that applicant Patricia Cruz Maldonado sustained lumbar spine injuries arising out of and occurring in the course of employment as a registered nurse. The defendant argued the findings were erroneous due to alleged inconsistencies in applicant's testimony and a lack of substantial medical evidence for a cumulative injury. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the petition, upholding the Administrative Law Judge's credibility determinations and finding substantial medical evidence, specifically from Dr. Edwin Haronian, supporting the cumulative trauma injury. The Board emphasized that the WCJ observed the witness and considered all admitted evidence, and that deposition testimony not offered into evidence could not be relied upon.
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This case involves White Memorial Medical Center's petition for reconsideration of a Joint Findings and Award finding that applicant Patricia Cruz Maldonado sustained lumbar spine injuries arising out of and occurring in the course of employment as a registered nurse. The defendant argued the findings were erroneous due to alleged inconsistencies in applicant's testimony and a lack of substantial medical evidence for a cumulative injury. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the petition, upholding the Administrative Law Judge's credibility determinations and finding substantial medical evidence, specifically from Dr. Edwin Haronian, supporting the cumulative trauma injury. The Board emphasized that the WCJ observed the witness and considered all admitted evidence, and that deposition testimony not offered into evidence could not be relied upon.
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