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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded a prior award finding Sandra Kimber's death compensable under the police officer pneumonia presumption. The Board found the decedent's cause of death, acute bronchiotracheopneumonitis, is medically distinct from pneumonia and therefore not covered by the statutory presumption. The case was returned for further proceedings to determine if the injury is compensable absent the presumption and to establish dependency for death benefits.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded a prior award finding Sandra Kimber's death compensable under the police officer pneumonia presumption. The Board found the decedent's cause of death, acute bronchiotracheopneumonitis, is medically distinct from pneumonia and therefore not covered by the statutory presumption. The case was returned for further proceedings to determine if the injury is compensable absent the presumption and to establish dependency for death benefits.
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