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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the employer's petition for reconsideration. The Board upheld the administrative law judge's finding that the applicant sustained a single period of cumulative trauma injury to her shoulders, hips, and back between 2004 and 2011. This ruling was based on the Agreed Medical Examiner's opinion that prior injuries and conditions did not warrant apportionment and were subsumed into the cumulative trauma. The Board affirmed the $37%$ permanent disability award and the need for further medical treatment.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the employer's petition for reconsideration. The Board upheld the administrative law judge's finding that the applicant sustained a single period of cumulative trauma injury to her shoulders, hips, and back between 2004 and 2011. This ruling was based on the Agreed Medical Examiner's opinion that prior injuries and conditions did not warrant apportionment and were subsumed into the cumulative trauma. The Board affirmed the $37%$ permanent disability award and the need for further medical treatment.
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