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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, reversing a prior award that found the applicant's right shoulder injury to be a separate industrial injury. The Board determined the shoulder injury was a "compensable consequence" of the applicant's original bilateral hand and wrist injury, occurring while receiving treatment. Therefore, the applicant is not entitled to an additional 104 weeks of temporary disability beyond the statutory limit for the initial injury. The applicant takes nothing by way of his claim for the right shoulder injury as a separate event.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, reversing a prior award that found the applicant's right shoulder injury to be a separate industrial injury. The Board determined the shoulder injury was a "compensable consequence" of the applicant's original bilateral hand and wrist injury, occurring while receiving treatment. Therefore, the applicant is not entitled to an additional 104 weeks of temporary disability beyond the statutory limit for the initial injury. The applicant takes nothing by way of his claim for the right shoulder injury as a separate event.
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