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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration of an award finding 100% permanent total disability. The defendant argued the administrative law judge improperly combined orthopedic and psychiatric disabilities and erred in apportionment. The Board found substantial evidence supported the judge's method of combining disabilities and that, even with the defendant's proposed apportionment, the applicant would still have 100% permanent total disability, rendering the dispute inconsequential. Therefore, reconsideration was denied.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration of an award finding 100% permanent total disability. The defendant argued the administrative law judge improperly combined orthopedic and psychiatric disabilities and erred in apportionment. The Board found substantial evidence supported the judge's method of combining disabilities and that, even with the defendant's proposed apportionment, the applicant would still have 100% permanent total disability, rendering the dispute inconsequential. Therefore, reconsideration was denied.
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