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This case involves Maria Torres' workers' compensation claim for 100% permanent total disability due to an admitted injury to her ankle and psyche. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendants' petition for reconsideration, upholding the WCJ's decision. The Board gave great weight to the WCJ's credibility determinations and relied on the opinions of the agreed medical evaluators, Dr. Stark (orthopedic) and Dr. Sidle (psychiatric), who both concluded that 100% of the applicant's disability was industrially caused. The Board found the defense vocational expert's opinion unpersuasive as it was based on an incorrect history and legal theory, and that the applicant's pre-injury limitations did not preclude her from working.
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This case involves Maria Torres' workers' compensation claim for 100% permanent total disability due to an admitted injury to her ankle and psyche. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendants' petition for reconsideration, upholding the WCJ's decision. The Board gave great weight to the WCJ's credibility determinations and relied on the opinions of the agreed medical evaluators, Dr. Stark (orthopedic) and Dr. Sidle (psychiatric), who both concluded that 100% of the applicant's disability was industrially caused. The Board found the defense vocational expert's opinion unpersuasive as it was based on an incorrect history and legal theory, and that the applicant's pre-injury limitations did not preclude her from working.
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