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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended the original award to include injury to the applicant's low back and bilateral wrists, correcting a clerical error based on prior stipulations. The Board affirmed the original temporary disability award, finding the applicant's medical evidence for continuing disability lacked substantial evidence. New evidence from Dr. Kessler was deemed insufficient to warrant a change in the original decision. Therefore, the original award was affirmed with the corrected finding of injury to the low back and wrists.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended the original award to include injury to the applicant's low back and bilateral wrists, correcting a clerical error based on prior stipulations. The Board affirmed the original temporary disability award, finding the applicant's medical evidence for continuing disability lacked substantial evidence. New evidence from Dr. Kessler was deemed insufficient to warrant a change in the original decision. Therefore, the original award was affirmed with the corrected finding of injury to the low back and wrists.
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