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This case involves Jonathon Scott McCartney's claim for workers' compensation benefits due to actinic keratosis. The Administrative Law Judge initially denied the claim, finding insufficient evidence of industrial causation, despite McCartney's significant sun exposure as a deputy sheriff. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding that McCartney's cumulative sun exposure during employment was a contributing proximate cause of his condition. Relying on South Coast Framing, Inc. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., the Board held that employment only needs to be a contributing factor, not the sole or primary cause, for an injury to be deemed industrial.
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This case involves Jonathon Scott McCartney's claim for workers' compensation benefits due to actinic keratosis. The Administrative Law Judge initially denied the claim, finding insufficient evidence of industrial causation, despite McCartney's significant sun exposure as a deputy sheriff. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding that McCartney's cumulative sun exposure during employment was a contributing proximate cause of his condition. Relying on South Coast Framing, Inc. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., the Board held that employment only needs to be a contributing factor, not the sole or primary cause, for an injury to be deemed industrial.
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