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This case involves an employer seeking reconsideration of a workers' compensation award for an employee's industrial hip injury. The employer argued the employee was not entitled to temporary disability indemnity (TDI) prior to her surgery. However, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the petition, upholding the judge's finding that the period leading up to surgery constituted active medical treatment. The Board found the judge's decision supported by substantial evidence, viewing the entire process as a single course of events.
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This case involves an employer seeking reconsideration of a workers' compensation award for an employee's industrial hip injury. The employer argued the employee was not entitled to temporary disability indemnity (TDI) prior to her surgery. However, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the petition, upholding the judge's finding that the period leading up to surgery constituted active medical treatment. The Board found the judge's decision supported by substantial evidence, viewing the entire process as a single course of events.
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