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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinding the original decision that denied the applicant's psychiatric injury claim. The Board found the applicant's fall due to a broken scaffold plank constituted a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition," thus overcoming the six-month employment rule exception. The case is returned for further proceedings to determine compensability for the psychiatric injury.
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The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinding the original decision that denied the applicant's psychiatric injury claim. The Board found the applicant's fall due to a broken scaffold plank constituted a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition," thus overcoming the six-month employment rule exception. The case is returned for further proceedings to determine compensability for the psychiatric injury.
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