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This case involves a Deputy Sheriff's claim for a psychiatric injury sustained on January 8, 2004. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, affirming the compensable injury but modifying the original award. The Board reduced the temporary total disability period from two years to approximately ten months, citing QME reports and rejecting the defendant's "good faith personnel action" defense. Additionally, the Board rescinded the 15% permanent disability increase under Labor Code section 4658(d) as it applied to injuries after January 1, 2005, and adjusted attorney's fees accordingly.
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This case involves a Deputy Sheriff's claim for a psychiatric injury sustained on January 8, 2004. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, affirming the compensable injury but modifying the original award. The Board reduced the temporary total disability period from two years to approximately ten months, citing QME reports and rejecting the defendant's "good faith personnel action" defense. Additionally, the Board rescinded the 15% permanent disability increase under Labor Code section 4658(d) as it applied to injuries after January 1, 2005, and adjusted attorney's fees accordingly.
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