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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the applicant's petition for reconsideration, upholding the findings that her industrial injuries on December 3 and 7, 2001, resulted in specific permanent disability percentages. The applicant's claim for additional temporary and permanent psychiatric disability was rejected because the medical evidence, particularly Dr. Stewart's report, was found to be contradictory and lacked a sufficient apportionment of disability to each specific industrial injury as required by law. The Board emphasized that to justify a permanent disability award, medical reports must clearly delineate the percentage of disability caused by each separate industrial injury.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the applicant's petition for reconsideration, upholding the findings that her industrial injuries on December 3 and 7, 2001, resulted in specific permanent disability percentages. The applicant's claim for additional temporary and permanent psychiatric disability was rejected because the medical evidence, particularly Dr. Stewart's report, was found to be contradictory and lacked a sufficient apportionment of disability to each specific industrial injury as required by law. The Board emphasized that to justify a permanent disability award, medical reports must clearly delineate the percentage of disability caused by each separate industrial injury.
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