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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding the WCJ inadvertently omitted a finding of industrial injury to the applicant's low back within the cumulative trauma. While upholding the denial of a specific low back injury claim, the Board corrected the cumulative trauma finding to include the low back. Furthermore, the Board removed the 50% apportionment of permanent disability for the low back due to insufficient medical evidence, ultimately increasing the applicant's permanent disability award.
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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding the WCJ inadvertently omitted a finding of industrial injury to the applicant's low back within the cumulative trauma. While upholding the denial of a specific low back injury claim, the Board corrected the cumulative trauma finding to include the low back. Furthermore, the Board removed the 50% apportionment of permanent disability for the low back due to insufficient medical evidence, ultimately increasing the applicant's permanent disability award.
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