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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied Clovis Community Hospital's petition for reconsideration of a permanent total disability award for Angela Williams. The Board affirmed the finding that Ms. Williams is permanently and totally disabled due to an industrial injury as a registered nurse, deeming vocational evidence that she is not amenable to rehabilitation and precluded from the labor market to be persuasive. The Board also found that a subsequent motor vehicle accident, occurring while Ms. Williams was traveling from a medical appointment for her industrial injury, was a compensable consequence, and no evidence suggested material deviation from the route. Therefore, defendant's arguments regarding medical ratings and apportionment were rejected, and the original award was upheld.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied Clovis Community Hospital's petition for reconsideration of a permanent total disability award for Angela Williams. The Board affirmed the finding that Ms. Williams is permanently and totally disabled due to an industrial injury as a registered nurse, deeming vocational evidence that she is not amenable to rehabilitation and precluded from the labor market to be persuasive. The Board also found that a subsequent motor vehicle accident, occurring while Ms. Williams was traveling from a medical appointment for her industrial injury, was a compensable consequence, and no evidence suggested material deviation from the route. Therefore, defendant's arguments regarding medical ratings and apportionment were rejected, and the original award was upheld.
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