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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) rescinded the trial judge's decisions and returned the case for further development of the record. The Board found errors in apportionment regarding the applicant's upper extremity disability to non-industrial factors, specifically a somatoform disorder. Additionally, the WCAB determined the record needed further development on apportionment between the applicant's specific and cumulative injuries. Issues of the permanent and stationary date and potential Labor Code section 4658(d) adjustments also require further adjudication.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) rescinded the trial judge's decisions and returned the case for further development of the record. The Board found errors in apportionment regarding the applicant's upper extremity disability to non-industrial factors, specifically a somatoform disorder. Additionally, the WCAB determined the record needed further development on apportionment between the applicant's specific and cumulative injuries. Issues of the permanent and stationary date and potential Labor Code section 4658(d) adjustments also require further adjudication.
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