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This case concerns a petition for reconsideration of a finding that applicant sustained industrial injury to his right knee on October 2, 2009. The defendant argued that the Agreed Medical Evaluator's (AME) opinion did not support industrial injury and that the applicant's attorney engaged in ex parte communication. The Board denied the petition, finding the AME's opinion regarding the right knee injury insufficient. The Board adopted the WCJ's reasoning that the mechanism of injury, as reported by the applicant and corroborated by other physicians, along with the presence of a new tear on MRI, supported the industrial causation finding.
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This case concerns a petition for reconsideration of a finding that applicant sustained industrial injury to his right knee on October 2, 2009. The defendant argued that the Agreed Medical Evaluator's (AME) opinion did not support industrial injury and that the applicant's attorney engaged in ex parte communication. The Board denied the petition, finding the AME's opinion regarding the right knee injury insufficient. The Board adopted the WCJ's reasoning that the mechanism of injury, as reported by the applicant and corroborated by other physicians, along with the presence of a new tear on MRI, supported the industrial causation finding.
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