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This case involves an applicant seeking reconsideration of a workers' compensation award. The original award allowed treatment outside the defendant's medical provider network (MPN) for neck and bilateral upper extremities injuries. The applicant contended the award should also include treatment for fibromyalgia, which was stipulated as a work-related injury. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, adopting the judge's recommendation to amend the award to include fibromyalgia, thus affirming the original decision with this correction. The Board also admonished the applicant's counsel for procedural non-compliance with filing rules.
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This case involves an applicant seeking reconsideration of a workers' compensation award. The original award allowed treatment outside the defendant's medical provider network (MPN) for neck and bilateral upper extremities injuries. The applicant contended the award should also include treatment for fibromyalgia, which was stipulated as a work-related injury. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, adopting the judge's recommendation to amend the award to include fibromyalgia, thus affirming the original decision with this correction. The Board also admonished the applicant's counsel for procedural non-compliance with filing rules.
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