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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior award finding an engineer sustained 100% permanent disability due to work-related injuries including neurological and internal system damage. The defendant employer challenged the award, arguing insufficient evidence, improper reliance on the treating physician, and failure to address apportionment and post-discovery evidence. The Board affirmed the original decision regarding the injury and disability but deferred the issue of attorney's fees for further review at the trial level.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of a prior award finding an engineer sustained 100% permanent disability due to work-related injuries including neurological and internal system damage. The defendant employer challenged the award, arguing insufficient evidence, improper reliance on the treating physician, and failure to address apportionment and post-discovery evidence. The Board affirmed the original decision regarding the injury and disability but deferred the issue of attorney's fees for further review at the trial level.
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