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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of the WCJ's decision regarding applicant Richard Zagornik's multiple industrial injuries. The Board found the defendant's petition timely filed and affirmed the WCJ's findings of injury and the 1997 disability rating schedule application. However, the Board rescinded the WCJ's combined permanent disability award due to insufficient apportionment of the low back injury's causation between the specific knee injuries. The case was returned to the trial level for further proceedings to develop the record on permanent disability, apportionment, and attorney fees.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of the WCJ's decision regarding applicant Richard Zagornik's multiple industrial injuries. The Board found the defendant's petition timely filed and affirmed the WCJ's findings of injury and the 1997 disability rating schedule application. However, the Board rescinded the WCJ's combined permanent disability award due to insufficient apportionment of the low back injury's causation between the specific knee injuries. The case was returned to the trial level for further proceedings to develop the record on permanent disability, apportionment, and attorney fees.
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