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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied defendant Zurich's petition for reconsideration of an Amended Joint Findings of Fact and Award/Order. The Board affirmed the WCJ's findings that applicant Gilbert Guzman sustained a permanent total disability from a July 17, 2000, industrial injury and that the defendant failed to meet its burden to establish apportionment. The decision concluded that the WCJ properly relied on substantial medical evidence from the applicant's treating physician and vocational expert reporting to determine permanent total disability.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied defendant Zurich's petition for reconsideration of an Amended Joint Findings of Fact and Award/Order. The Board affirmed the WCJ's findings that applicant Gilbert Guzman sustained a permanent total disability from a July 17, 2000, industrial injury and that the defendant failed to meet its burden to establish apportionment. The decision concluded that the WCJ properly relied on substantial medical evidence from the applicant's treating physician and vocational expert reporting to determine permanent total disability.
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