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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration, upholding the original finding of 100% permanent disability for industrial injuries to the applicant's knees, hips, feet, spine, right upper extremity, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy. The Board found that the treating physician's extensive medical opinions and the vocational rehabilitation expert's testimony adequately supported the 100% disability finding, despite the defendant's reliance on an Agreed Medical Evaluator's opinion. The Board emphasized that it is not bound by an AME's opinion and can give it less weight if other evidence is more persuasive.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration, upholding the original finding of 100% permanent disability for industrial injuries to the applicant's knees, hips, feet, spine, right upper extremity, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy. The Board found that the treating physician's extensive medical opinions and the vocational rehabilitation expert's testimony adequately supported the 100% disability finding, despite the defendant's reliance on an Agreed Medical Evaluator's opinion. The Board emphasized that it is not bound by an AME's opinion and can give it less weight if other evidence is more persuasive.
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