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This case involves an applicant seeking workers' compensation benefits for industrial injuries sustained from 1970 to 1996. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration to review the WCJ's Supplemental Findings and Award. While affirming the award for a sleep disorder evaluation, internal medical evaluations, a raised toilet seat, grab bars, and a Weight Watchers program, the Board reversed the WCJ's decision regarding housekeeping, gardening, and pool services, finding them not to be medical treatment. The issues of penalties for unreasonable delay and attorney fees were deferred for further proceedings at the trial level due to a lack of detailed analysis by the WCJ.
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This case involves an applicant seeking workers' compensation benefits for industrial injuries sustained from 1970 to 1996. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration to review the WCJ's Supplemental Findings and Award. While affirming the award for a sleep disorder evaluation, internal medical evaluations, a raised toilet seat, grab bars, and a Weight Watchers program, the Board reversed the WCJ's decision regarding housekeeping, gardening, and pool services, finding them not to be medical treatment. The issues of penalties for unreasonable delay and attorney fees were deferred for further proceedings at the trial level due to a lack of detailed analysis by the WCJ.
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