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This case involves a workers' compensation claim for a cumulative injury. The applicant alleged injury to his psyche, extremities, and back. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend the date of injury, finding it to be August 5, 2009, based on when the applicant first suffered disability and knew it was work-related. The Court determined that while medical treatment occurred earlier, there was no substantial evidence of disability or knowledge of industrial causation until the later date. The period of liability for the employer was established as August 4, 2008, through August 4, 2009.
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This case involves a workers' compensation claim for a cumulative injury. The applicant alleged injury to his psyche, extremities, and back. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend the date of injury, finding it to be August 5, 2009, based on when the applicant first suffered disability and knew it was work-related. The Court determined that while medical treatment occurred earlier, there was no substantial evidence of disability or knowledge of industrial causation until the later date. The period of liability for the employer was established as August 4, 2008, through August 4, 2009.
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