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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the WCJ's findings and award because they lacked necessary findings and were based on insubstantial medical evidence regarding denied body parts and conditions. The Board found that medical reports relied upon by the WCJ did not provide substantial evidence of industrial causation for conditions not admitted by the defendant. The cases were returned to the trial level for further record development, preferably through an Agreed Medical Examiner, and a new decision.
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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the WCJ's findings and award because they lacked necessary findings and were based on insubstantial medical evidence regarding denied body parts and conditions. The Board found that medical reports relied upon by the WCJ did not provide substantial evidence of industrial causation for conditions not admitted by the defendant. The cases were returned to the trial level for further record development, preferably through an Agreed Medical Examiner, and a new decision.
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