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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied Mario Cocola's petition for reconsideration, upholding the finding that he sustained $69%$ permanent disability from industrial injuries. Cocola argued the administrative judge erred by disregarding the Agreed Medical Examiner's opinion that he was totally disabled from the open labor market due to orthopedic injuries. The Board agreed with the judge's report that the physician's opinion lacked sufficient objective basis for the change in work restrictions. A dissenting opinion argued the medical and vocational evidence supported a $100%$ permanent disability finding and requested clarification from the medical examiner.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied Mario Cocola's petition for reconsideration, upholding the finding that he sustained $69%$ permanent disability from industrial injuries. Cocola argued the administrative judge erred by disregarding the Agreed Medical Examiner's opinion that he was totally disabled from the open labor market due to orthopedic injuries. The Board agreed with the judge's report that the physician's opinion lacked sufficient objective basis for the change in work restrictions. A dissenting opinion argued the medical and vocational evidence supported a $100%$ permanent disability finding and requested clarification from the medical examiner.
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