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The applicant sustained multiple industrial injuries as a correctional officer. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to address the defendant's contention that the administrative law judge erred in amending the award based on outdated legal precedent (Wilkinson). The Board, in light of their en banc decision in Benson v. Permanente Medical Group, amended the award to defer the determination of permanent disability and returned the case for further proceedings consistent with the new causation-based apportionment requirements.
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The applicant sustained multiple industrial injuries as a correctional officer. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to address the defendant's contention that the administrative law judge erred in amending the award based on outdated legal precedent (Wilkinson). The Board, in light of their en banc decision in Benson v. Permanente Medical Group, amended the award to defer the determination of permanent disability and returned the case for further proceedings consistent with the new causation-based apportionment requirements.
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