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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the previous award, finding the Agreed Medical Examiners' apportionment of permanent disability lacked sufficient medical reasoning. The Board determined that the physicians did not adequately explain how non-industrial factors contributed to the applicant's specific level of impairment. Therefore, the case is returned to the trial level for a new award of permanent disability without apportionment.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the previous award, finding the Agreed Medical Examiners' apportionment of permanent disability lacked sufficient medical reasoning. The Board determined that the physicians did not adequately explain how non-industrial factors contributed to the applicant's specific level of impairment. Therefore, the case is returned to the trial level for a new award of permanent disability without apportionment.
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