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The Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) sought reconsideration of a workers' compensation award finding the applicant entitled to SIBTF benefits due to a permanent total disability resulting from the combination of two injuries. The SIBTF argued the applicant was not eligible as he claimed to have fully recovered from his prior injury before the second one. The Board denied the petition, holding that medical evidence established prophylactic work restrictions after the first injury which constituted a labor-disabling condition. The applicant's lay opinion of recovery was insufficient to negate the physician-imposed restrictions, which remained valid for SIBTF eligibility purposes.
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The Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) sought reconsideration of a workers' compensation award finding the applicant entitled to SIBTF benefits due to a permanent total disability resulting from the combination of two injuries. The SIBTF argued the applicant was not eligible as he claimed to have fully recovered from his prior injury before the second one. The Board denied the petition, holding that medical evidence established prophylactic work restrictions after the first injury which constituted a labor-disabling condition. The applicant's lay opinion of recovery was insufficient to negate the physician-imposed restrictions, which remained valid for SIBTF eligibility purposes.
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