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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration. The Board adopted the findings of the administrative law judge, which upheld the exclusion of a panel Qualified Medical Examiner report due to ex parte communication violations. The judge also correctly applied the 1997 Rating Schedule and found the injury to be cumulative trauma, warranting no further development of the record.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration. The Board adopted the findings of the administrative law judge, which upheld the exclusion of a panel Qualified Medical Examiner report due to ex parte communication violations. The judge also correctly applied the 1997 Rating Schedule and found the injury to be cumulative trauma, warranting no further development of the record.
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