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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended a previous award, finding 50% apportionment of the applicant's knee disability to non-industrial factors, specifically overweight and malalignment. This amendment, based on medical opinion and recent case law regarding apportionment by causation, reduced the applicant's overall permanent disability from 54% to 33%. The Board affirmed the original finding regarding the occupational group number.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and amended a previous award, finding 50% apportionment of the applicant's knee disability to non-industrial factors, specifically overweight and malalignment. This amendment, based on medical opinion and recent case law regarding apportionment by causation, reduced the applicant's overall permanent disability from 54% to 33%. The Board affirmed the original finding regarding the occupational group number.
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