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This case involves a dispute over home health care services for an injured vocational nurse. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) rescinded a prior decision that denied these services, finding the prior reasoning potentially flawed. The WCAB clarified that household services may be compensable medical treatment if medically necessary and reasonable, citing Smyers. Furthermore, new legislation defining home health care as medical treatment and establishing specific requirements also applies. The case is returned to the Administrative Law Judge for further proceedings to develop the record under these clarified legal standards.
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This case involves a dispute over home health care services for an injured vocational nurse. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) rescinded a prior decision that denied these services, finding the prior reasoning potentially flawed. The WCAB clarified that household services may be compensable medical treatment if medically necessary and reasonable, citing Smyers. Furthermore, new legislation defining home health care as medical treatment and establishing specific requirements also applies. The case is returned to the Administrative Law Judge for further proceedings to develop the record under these clarified legal standards.
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