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This case concerns a professional football player seeking workers' compensation for cumulative trauma injuries. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, agreeing to use the pre-2005 disability rating schedule but finding the initial 74% permanent disability award unsupported by substantial evidence. The Board rescinded the award and remanded the case for further development of the record, specifically requiring a medical examiner to address apportionment of disability based on causation under current law. The primary issue is the proper apportionment of permanent disability considering the applicant's extensive history of prior injuries from high school and college football.
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This case concerns a professional football player seeking workers' compensation for cumulative trauma injuries. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, agreeing to use the pre-2005 disability rating schedule but finding the initial 74% permanent disability award unsupported by substantial evidence. The Board rescinded the award and remanded the case for further development of the record, specifically requiring a medical examiner to address apportionment of disability based on causation under current law. The primary issue is the proper apportionment of permanent disability considering the applicant's extensive history of prior injuries from high school and college football.
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