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Amy Miller vs. SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, REPUBLIC INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA

This case involves applicant Amy Miller's petition for reconsideration of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's decision denying her claim for cumulative trauma injury to her back. The Board previously reversed the finding of industrial causation for her back injury, finding a lack of substantial medical evidence and a significant delay between the alleged exposure and reported symptoms. Applicant contended the Board erred by not allowing further medical evidence, but the Board reaffirmed its prior decision, distinguishing the facts from the precedent cited and concluding no inference of industrial causation was supported by the record.