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This case concerns the application of the correct permanent disability rating schedule for an industrial injury occurring between 2003 and 2004. The applicant argued that the pre-2005 schedule should apply due to treating physician reports from November 2004 indicating permanent disability. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reversed the initial decision, agreeing that the doctor's reports, which noted a "chronic problem" and imposed significant work restrictions, sufficiently "indicated the existence of permanent disability" to trigger the older 1997 Schedule.
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This case concerns the application of the correct permanent disability rating schedule for an industrial injury occurring between 2003 and 2004. The applicant argued that the pre-2005 schedule should apply due to treating physician reports from November 2004 indicating permanent disability. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reversed the initial decision, agreeing that the doctor's reports, which noted a "chronic problem" and imposed significant work restrictions, sufficiently "indicated the existence of permanent disability" to trigger the older 1997 Schedule.
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