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This case involves a worker claiming industrial cancer, initially alleging "lung cancer." While the applicant's petitions to reconsider the initial adverse finding were untimely, the Appeals Board granted reconsideration on its own motion due to the WCJ's recommendation. The Board rescinded the initial finding, returning the case for further proceedings to address whether the applicant's diagnosed "mantle cell lymphoma" is industrially caused, as this issue was implicitly litigated. A new Agreed Medical Examiner has been appointed to resolve the medical causation dispute.
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This case involves a worker claiming industrial cancer, initially alleging "lung cancer." While the applicant's petitions to reconsider the initial adverse finding were untimely, the Appeals Board granted reconsideration on its own motion due to the WCJ's recommendation. The Board rescinded the initial finding, returning the case for further proceedings to address whether the applicant's diagnosed "mantle cell lymphoma" is industrially caused, as this issue was implicitly litigated. A new Agreed Medical Examiner has been appointed to resolve the medical causation dispute.
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