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The applicant, Amado Urias, sought reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision regarding claims for back, internal system, and psychological injuries. The Board agreed to amend the temporary disability end date to May 3, 2007, as stipulated by both parties. However, the Board rescinded findings on permanent disability and attorney fees, remanding the issue of apportionment of the applicant's hypertension impairment back to the trial level for further development of the record. The WCJ's reasoning on vocational expert opinions and psychiatric apportionment was adopted, but Dr. Stewart's apportionment of hypertensive impairment was rejected for failing to meet California's causation-based standard.
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The applicant, Amado Urias, sought reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision regarding claims for back, internal system, and psychological injuries. The Board agreed to amend the temporary disability end date to May 3, 2007, as stipulated by both parties. However, the Board rescinded findings on permanent disability and attorney fees, remanding the issue of apportionment of the applicant's hypertension impairment back to the trial level for further development of the record. The WCJ's reasoning on vocational expert opinions and psychiatric apportionment was adopted, but Dr. Stewart's apportionment of hypertensive impairment was rejected for failing to meet California's causation-based standard.
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