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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend a prior award. The applicant sustained an industrial elbow injury on his first day of employment as a laborer. While the Board affirmed the finding of industrial injury and temporary disability period, it deferred the calculation of the temporary disability rate. This deferral is to allow for further development of the record regarding the applicant's earning capacity under Labor Code section 4453(c)(4), given his lack of prior work history.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend a prior award. The applicant sustained an industrial elbow injury on his first day of employment as a laborer. While the Board affirmed the finding of industrial injury and temporary disability period, it deferred the calculation of the temporary disability rate. This deferral is to allow for further development of the record regarding the applicant's earning capacity under Labor Code section 4453(c)(4), given his lack of prior work history.
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