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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to reverse a finding of 50% apportionment of permanent disability. The Board found that the Agreed Medical Examiner's apportionment opinion lacked substantial medical evidence, specifically failing to explain the causation in terms of reasonable medical probability. Consequently, the Board awarded 44% permanent disability with no apportionment and deferred the EDD lien.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to reverse a finding of 50% apportionment of permanent disability. The Board found that the Agreed Medical Examiner's apportionment opinion lacked substantial medical evidence, specifically failing to explain the causation in terms of reasonable medical probability. Consequently, the Board awarded 44% permanent disability with no apportionment and deferred the EDD lien.
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