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This case involves a worker's claim for psychiatric injury stemming from an on-the-job fall. While the Board affirmed the injury was caused by a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition," it rescinded the psychiatric injury finding due to the inadmissible medical report used. The case is returned to the trial level to re-evaluate the psychiatric injury claim with proper medical evidence and address issues of temporary disability reimbursement and EDD lien payments.
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This case involves a worker's claim for psychiatric injury stemming from an on-the-job fall. While the Board affirmed the injury was caused by a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition," it rescinded the psychiatric injury finding due to the inadmissible medical report used. The case is returned to the trial level to re-evaluate the psychiatric injury claim with proper medical evidence and address issues of temporary disability reimbursement and EDD lien payments.
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