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LUIS ESCAMILLA vs. SOLPAC, INC. DBA SOLTEK PACIFIC, INC., ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY

This case involves an applicant's petition for reconsideration following a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) decision. The WCAB denied the petition, upholding the findings of the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). The WCJ properly relied on the agreed medical evaluator's (AME) opinion, which the applicant failed to rebut with substantial credible evidence. The applicant's arguments regarding thoracic spine injury were unsupported by the trial record, and the petition attempted to augment the record with unsubmitted evidence.