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This case concerns a cumulative trauma injury to Steve Hosey while employed as a professional baseball player. The central dispute involved the correct date of injury and its impact on the permanent disability benefit rate. The Board granted reconsideration, affirming that the benefit rate should be based on the date of injury, not the date of initial disability. They also ruled that the applicant's claim for a 15% increase in benefits due to lack of work offer was inapplicable as the relevant statute was not in effect at the time of injury.
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This case concerns a cumulative trauma injury to Steve Hosey while employed as a professional baseball player. The central dispute involved the correct date of injury and its impact on the permanent disability benefit rate. The Board granted reconsideration, affirming that the benefit rate should be based on the date of injury, not the date of initial disability. They also ruled that the applicant's claim for a 15% increase in benefits due to lack of work offer was inapplicable as the relevant statute was not in effect at the time of injury.
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