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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denied reconsideration of its prior decision that found the applicant 100% permanently disabled. The defendant argued that the vocational expert's opinion was not substantial evidence and requested the case be remanded for further development of the record. However, the WCAB affirmed that parties must diligently develop the record before discovery closes, and it is not the Board's role to supplement a party's deficient evidence. Substantial evidence in the existing record supported the permanent total disability finding.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denied reconsideration of its prior decision that found the applicant 100% permanently disabled. The defendant argued that the vocational expert's opinion was not substantial evidence and requested the case be remanded for further development of the record. However, the WCAB affirmed that parties must diligently develop the record before discovery closes, and it is not the Board's role to supplement a party's deficient evidence. Substantial evidence in the existing record supported the permanent total disability finding.
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