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The Appeals Board rescinded the WCJ's decision and returned the case for further development, finding the WCJ erred by deferring the determination of whether personnel actions were a substantial cause of the psychiatric injury to the medical evaluator. The Board noted that the applicant's psychiatric injury likely stemmed from job stressors predating the employer's subsequent personnel actions. Competent medical evidence is required to distinguish causation of injury from causation of permanent disability, and the applicant's injury may have been caused by inability to adapt to workload demands before personnel actions were taken.
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The Appeals Board rescinded the WCJ's decision and returned the case for further development, finding the WCJ erred by deferring the determination of whether personnel actions were a substantial cause of the psychiatric injury to the medical evaluator. The Board noted that the applicant's psychiatric injury likely stemmed from job stressors predating the employer's subsequent personnel actions. Competent medical evidence is required to distinguish causation of injury from causation of permanent disability, and the applicant's injury may have been caused by inability to adapt to workload demands before personnel actions were taken.
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