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Applicant Maria Del Pilar Cazares Meza sustained an industrial injury in March 2022. Defendant, West Coast Berry Farms and Alaska National Insurance Company, sought reconsideration of a Findings and Award (F&A) issued by a WCJ, which found 64% permanent disability without apportionment. Defendant argued the primary treating physician's report lacked substantial medical evidence for apportionment. The Appeals Board denied the petition for reconsideration, finding it timely filed but concluding that the defendant failed to meet its burden of proof on apportionment by not providing evidence of prior awards or medical opinions on overlap.
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Applicant Maria Del Pilar Cazares Meza sustained an industrial injury in March 2022. Defendant, West Coast Berry Farms and Alaska National Insurance Company, sought reconsideration of a Findings and Award (F&A) issued by a WCJ, which found 64% permanent disability without apportionment. Defendant argued the primary treating physician's report lacked substantial medical evidence for apportionment. The Appeals Board denied the petition for reconsideration, finding it timely filed but concluding that the defendant failed to meet its burden of proof on apportionment by not providing evidence of prior awards or medical opinions on overlap.
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