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This case concerns applicant's industrial injuries in the 1980s to her neck, back, psyche, and knees, for which Raley's was the employer and Mission Insurance Company was the insurer. The applicant sought spinal surgery, and the defendant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's order to provide it. The Appeals Board denied reconsideration, finding the second opinion physician's report was not substantial evidence as it was based on an inaccurate medical history and an incorrect legal theory that industrial injuries must be the sole cause of the need for surgery.
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This case concerns applicant's industrial injuries in the 1980s to her neck, back, psyche, and knees, for which Raley's was the employer and Mission Insurance Company was the insurer. The applicant sought spinal surgery, and the defendant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's order to provide it. The Appeals Board denied reconsideration, finding the second opinion physician's report was not substantial evidence as it was based on an inaccurate medical history and an incorrect legal theory that industrial injuries must be the sole cause of the need for surgery.
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