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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration and rescinded a prior order finding industrial causation for retirement purposes under Government Code Section 21166. The WCAB held that the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) failed to follow the "same procedure" required for workers' compensation hearings, as outlined in Pearl v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. Specifically, no evidence was admitted, no stipulations were made, and no hearings were conducted. Therefore, there was an insufficient basis for the WCJ's determination of industrial causation.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration and rescinded a prior order finding industrial causation for retirement purposes under Government Code Section 21166. The WCAB held that the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) failed to follow the "same procedure" required for workers' compensation hearings, as outlined in Pearl v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. Specifically, no evidence was admitted, no stipulations were made, and no hearings were conducted. Therefore, there was an insufficient basis for the WCJ's determination of industrial causation.
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