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This case involves a workers' compensation claim for permanent total disability and lifetime medical care awarded to an applicant who sustained industrial injuries as a registered nurse. The applicant's husband, also a lien claimant, provided 24-hour home health aide services after December 5, 2004. While the original award set the reasonable value of these services at $100 per day, the Appeals Board granted reconsideration. The Board increased the daily reimbursement rate to $200, finding it consistent with the evidence of actual care provided and more economical for the defendant than hiring external agencies or institutionalizing the applicant.
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This case involves a workers' compensation claim for permanent total disability and lifetime medical care awarded to an applicant who sustained industrial injuries as a registered nurse. The applicant's husband, also a lien claimant, provided 24-hour home health aide services after December 5, 2004. While the original award set the reasonable value of these services at $100 per day, the Appeals Board granted reconsideration. The Board increased the daily reimbursement rate to $200, finding it consistent with the evidence of actual care provided and more economical for the defendant than hiring external agencies or institutionalizing the applicant.
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