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In this workers' compensation case, the defendant, Los Angeles Unified School District, sought reconsideration of an award finding applicant Kathy Archie sustained a 38 percent permanent psychiatric disability due to an industrial injury. The defendant argued the administrative law judge erred by failing to apportion 40 percent of the disability to post-injury events. However, the Appeals Board affirmed the original decision, finding the defendant failed to meet its burden of proof. The Board concluded that the medical evidence, while addressing post-injury events, indicated they were a direct outgrowth of and related to the original industrial injury, thus not constituting a separate causal factor for apportionment.
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In this workers' compensation case, the defendant, Los Angeles Unified School District, sought reconsideration of an award finding applicant Kathy Archie sustained a 38 percent permanent psychiatric disability due to an industrial injury. The defendant argued the administrative law judge erred by failing to apportion 40 percent of the disability to post-injury events. However, the Appeals Board affirmed the original decision, finding the defendant failed to meet its burden of proof. The Board concluded that the medical evidence, while addressing post-injury events, indicated they were a direct outgrowth of and related to the original industrial injury, thus not constituting a separate causal factor for apportionment.
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