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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the prior decision, and returned the case for further proceedings, finding the original decision lacked a proper record and failed to address the applicant's due process concerns. The WCJ erred by deciding the statute of limitations without sufficient evidence or stipulations, particularly regarding the applicant's knowledge of the industrial nature of his wife's death by suicide. The Board noted that for cumulative injuries, the date of injury for a death benefit claim may be when the dependent knew or should have known the death was industrially caused, but this issue requires further factual development.
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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the prior decision, and returned the case for further proceedings, finding the original decision lacked a proper record and failed to address the applicant's due process concerns. The WCJ erred by deciding the statute of limitations without sufficient evidence or stipulations, particularly regarding the applicant's knowledge of the industrial nature of his wife's death by suicide. The Board noted that for cumulative injuries, the date of injury for a death benefit claim may be when the dependent knew or should have known the death was industrially caused, but this issue requires further factual development.
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