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This case involves Doris Noble's workers' compensation claim for a bilateral knee injury. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration, upholding the Administrative Law Judge's (WCJ) finding of 100% permanent total disability. This decision relied heavily on the agreed medical evaluator's opinion and the vocational expert's assessment that the applicant's chronic pain, medication, and severe physical limitations rendered her unable to benefit from vocational rehabilitation. The Board also admonished the defense attorney for improperly citing an unpublished case.
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This case involves Doris Noble's workers' compensation claim for a bilateral knee injury. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration, upholding the Administrative Law Judge's (WCJ) finding of 100% permanent total disability. This decision relied heavily on the agreed medical evaluator's opinion and the vocational expert's assessment that the applicant's chronic pain, medication, and severe physical limitations rendered her unable to benefit from vocational rehabilitation. The Board also admonished the defense attorney for improperly citing an unpublished case.
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