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This case concerns the denial of a petition for reconsideration by Deluxe Laboratories and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, who sought to dismiss an applicant's petition to reopen for new and further disability. The Appeals Board affirmed the WCJ's decision, finding the applicant's petition adequately pleaded new and further disability based on medical evidence of increased permanent disability due to the progression of his industrial injury. The Board emphasized that their focus was on the sufficiency of the pleadings, not the ultimate merits of the applicant's claim for additional benefits.
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This case concerns the denial of a petition for reconsideration by Deluxe Laboratories and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, who sought to dismiss an applicant's petition to reopen for new and further disability. The Appeals Board affirmed the WCJ's decision, finding the applicant's petition adequately pleaded new and further disability based on medical evidence of increased permanent disability due to the progression of his industrial injury. The Board emphasized that their focus was on the sufficiency of the pleadings, not the ultimate merits of the applicant's claim for additional benefits.
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