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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration. The defendant argued the $69%$ permanent disability finding for psychiatric injury lacked substantial evidence because the treating physician's GAF score correction was unexplained. The Board found the physician adequately explained the correction by detailing how the proper application of GAF criteria resulted in a revised score. Furthermore, the defendant failed to pursue discovery or object to the revised report, which was admitted into evidence. Therefore, the WCJ's finding on psychiatric permanent disability was upheld.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration. The defendant argued the $69%$ permanent disability finding for psychiatric injury lacked substantial evidence because the treating physician's GAF score correction was unexplained. The Board found the physician adequately explained the correction by detailing how the proper application of GAF criteria resulted in a revised score. Furthermore, the defendant failed to pursue discovery or object to the revised report, which was admitted into evidence. Therefore, the WCJ's finding on psychiatric permanent disability was upheld.
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