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This Workers' Compensation Appeals Board case concerns an applicant injured as a maintenance technician whose employer challenges an award of transportation services for his children. The Board granted reconsideration to further study the record regarding this specific expense. While the initial administrative law judge found the transportation reasonable and necessary due to the applicant's inability to drive after his injury, the Board determined the applicant had not yet met his burden of proof that these services are medically necessary. The case is returned to the trial level for further development of the record on the medical necessity of child transportation services.
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This Workers' Compensation Appeals Board case concerns an applicant injured as a maintenance technician whose employer challenges an award of transportation services for his children. The Board granted reconsideration to further study the record regarding this specific expense. While the initial administrative law judge found the transportation reasonable and necessary due to the applicant's inability to drive after his injury, the Board determined the applicant had not yet met his burden of proof that these services are medically necessary. The case is returned to the trial level for further development of the record on the medical necessity of child transportation services.
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