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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior award finding applicant sustained industrial cumulative trauma. The Board rescinded the award and returned the case to the trial level due to the lack of sufficient medical evidence on apportionment of permanent disability, as required by recent statutory changes. While issues regarding the psyche injury and a stroke were raised, the primary reason for reconsideration was to develop the apportionment record.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior award finding applicant sustained industrial cumulative trauma. The Board rescinded the award and returned the case to the trial level due to the lack of sufficient medical evidence on apportionment of permanent disability, as required by recent statutory changes. While issues regarding the psyche injury and a stroke were raised, the primary reason for reconsideration was to develop the apportionment record.
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