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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied Saturn Electric's petition for reconsideration, affirming the finding that Peter Torcellini sustained an injury arising out of and occurring in the course of his employment. The Board found that the Qualified Medical Evaluator's opinion constituted substantial medical evidence supporting the conclusion that a work-related stressor, even if subjectively experienced by the applicant, triggered the plaque rupture causing his cardiac arrest. The Board reasoned that the applicant's testimony about finding the work stressful and the medical opinion linking the rupture to an immediate stress response provided a reasonable basis for the finding. Defendant failed to provide evidence to contradict this medical opinion.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied Saturn Electric's petition for reconsideration, affirming the finding that Peter Torcellini sustained an injury arising out of and occurring in the course of his employment. The Board found that the Qualified Medical Evaluator's opinion constituted substantial medical evidence supporting the conclusion that a work-related stressor, even if subjectively experienced by the applicant, triggered the plaque rupture causing his cardiac arrest. The Board reasoned that the applicant's testimony about finding the work stressful and the medical opinion linking the rupture to an immediate stress response provided a reasonable basis for the finding. Defendant failed to provide evidence to contradict this medical opinion.
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