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This case involved an applicant seeking reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Judge's decision that denied his psychiatric injury claim due to insufficient employment duration and labeled his accident as not "sudden and extraordinary." The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding the psychiatric injury claim compensable because the applicant's testimony, uncontradicted by the defense, established the accident as a sudden and extraordinary employment condition. The Board also ruled the psychiatric expert's reports admissible and remanded the case for further proceedings on permanent disability and future medical care, particularly concerning cognitive and psychiatric conditions. The issue of apportionment of permanent disability was deferred pending further development of the record.
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This case involved an applicant seeking reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Judge's decision that denied his psychiatric injury claim due to insufficient employment duration and labeled his accident as not "sudden and extraordinary." The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding the psychiatric injury claim compensable because the applicant's testimony, uncontradicted by the defense, established the accident as a sudden and extraordinary employment condition. The Board also ruled the psychiatric expert's reports admissible and remanded the case for further proceedings on permanent disability and future medical care, particularly concerning cognitive and psychiatric conditions. The issue of apportionment of permanent disability was deferred pending further development of the record.
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