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This case involves a petition for reconsideration of a denied workers' compensation claim for a psychiatric injury. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied reconsideration, adopting the administrative law judge's report. The decision hinges on Labor Code section 3208.3(d), which requires at least six months of employment for psychiatric injury claims unless caused by a "sudden and extraordinary" employment condition. The applicant failed to meet the burden of proving their injury resulted from such an event, as defined by case law to mean something uncommon, unusual, and unexpected.
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This case involves a petition for reconsideration of a denied workers' compensation claim for a psychiatric injury. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied reconsideration, adopting the administrative law judge's report. The decision hinges on Labor Code section 3208.3(d), which requires at least six months of employment for psychiatric injury claims unless caused by a "sudden and extraordinary" employment condition. The applicant failed to meet the burden of proving their injury resulted from such an event, as defined by case law to mean something uncommon, unusual, and unexpected.
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