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The defendant seeks reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision that awarded psychiatric injury benefits to an applicant injured within six months of employment. The Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the prior award, and returned the case for further proceedings. The core issue is whether the applicant's fall due to a rotted beam, while employed less than six months, constitutes a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition" for psychiatric injury. The Board found the fall, though sudden, was not sufficiently extraordinary given the applicant's role as a painter regularly working at heights, thus likely precluding psychiatric benefits under Labor Code § 3208.3(d).
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The defendant seeks reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision that awarded psychiatric injury benefits to an applicant injured within six months of employment. The Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the prior award, and returned the case for further proceedings. The core issue is whether the applicant's fall due to a rotted beam, while employed less than six months, constitutes a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition" for psychiatric injury. The Board found the fall, though sudden, was not sufficiently extraordinary given the applicant's role as a painter regularly working at heights, thus likely precluding psychiatric benefits under Labor Code § 3208.3(d).
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