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This case involves Samuel Smith, a deputy sheriff, seeking workers' compensation for claimed industrial injuries to his heart. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board rescinded the prior decision, finding the medical record regarding the applicant's heart condition insufficiently developed. The Board remanded the case for further proceedings to determine when the applicant's hypertensive heart disease developed and whether it falls under the statutory presumption of industrial injury for sheriffs. Crucially, the Board requires additional medical evidence to establish causation by a reasonable medical probability.
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This case involves Samuel Smith, a deputy sheriff, seeking workers' compensation for claimed industrial injuries to his heart. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board rescinded the prior decision, finding the medical record regarding the applicant's heart condition insufficiently developed. The Board remanded the case for further proceedings to determine when the applicant's hypertensive heart disease developed and whether it falls under the statutory presumption of industrial injury for sheriffs. Crucially, the Board requires additional medical evidence to establish causation by a reasonable medical probability.
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