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This Workers' Compensation Appeals Board case involved a carpenter seeking benefits for industrial injury to his skin and back. The applicant was initially awarded 22% permanent disability and temporary total disability benefits from October 2013 to May 2015. The defendant sought reconsideration, arguing the award should have been apportioned 10% to non-industrial causes and that temporary disability was improperly extended. The Board granted reconsideration, amended the permanent disability award to 20% to reflect the stipulated 10% non-industrial apportionment, and affirmed the temporary disability findings, deeming them supported by substantial evidence.
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This Workers' Compensation Appeals Board case involved a carpenter seeking benefits for industrial injury to his skin and back. The applicant was initially awarded 22% permanent disability and temporary total disability benefits from October 2013 to May 2015. The defendant sought reconsideration, arguing the award should have been apportioned 10% to non-industrial causes and that temporary disability was improperly extended. The Board granted reconsideration, amended the permanent disability award to 20% to reflect the stipulated 10% non-industrial apportionment, and affirmed the temporary disability findings, deeming them supported by substantial evidence.
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