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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to modify a prior award. The Board found that the applicant was only entitled to two weeks of temporary total disability for his admitted industrial injury to the left hand, based on medical opinions. The Board specifically rejected the applicant's claim for psychological injury and any extended temporary disability beyond the initial two-week period. Therefore, the prior award of temporary total disability from July 2, 2012, to September 11, 2014, was amended to reflect the limited two-week period.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to modify a prior award. The Board found that the applicant was only entitled to two weeks of temporary total disability for his admitted industrial injury to the left hand, based on medical opinions. The Board specifically rejected the applicant's claim for psychological injury and any extended temporary disability beyond the initial two-week period. Therefore, the prior award of temporary total disability from July 2, 2012, to September 11, 2014, was amended to reflect the limited two-week period.
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