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Defendant E. & J. Gallo Winery sought reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision that found applicant Jack Kessler sustained a compensable psychiatric injury. The Board denied reconsideration, affirming the administrative law judge's finding that industrial factors were the predominant cause of the applicant's psyche injury. The defendant argued the applicant failed to meet the "predominant cause" standard for psychiatric injuries and that combining two separate injuries was impermissible. The Board clarified that the issue of injury causation is distinct from the apportionment of permanent disability, and the applicant's medical evidence met the predominant cause standard.
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Defendant E. & J. Gallo Winery sought reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision that found applicant Jack Kessler sustained a compensable psychiatric injury. The Board denied reconsideration, affirming the administrative law judge's finding that industrial factors were the predominant cause of the applicant's psyche injury. The defendant argued the applicant failed to meet the "predominant cause" standard for psychiatric injuries and that combining two separate injuries was impermissible. The Board clarified that the issue of injury causation is distinct from the apportionment of permanent disability, and the applicant's medical evidence met the predominant cause standard.
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