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This case involves applicant Paul Marquis's workers' compensation claims for orthopedic and cardiovascular injuries. Both applicant and defendant sought reconsideration of the original award, raising issues of permanent disability calculation and apportionment of injuries. The Appeals Board granted both petitions, rescinded the original award, and returned the case to the WCJ for a new decision. This decision clarifies that apportionment was improperly applied to the applicant's cardiovascular injury due to a misapplication of causation versus disability, but found Dr. Brourman's apportionment of the right shoulder injury to be appropriate given the evidence.
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This case involves applicant Paul Marquis's workers' compensation claims for orthopedic and cardiovascular injuries. Both applicant and defendant sought reconsideration of the original award, raising issues of permanent disability calculation and apportionment of injuries. The Appeals Board granted both petitions, rescinded the original award, and returned the case to the WCJ for a new decision. This decision clarifies that apportionment was improperly applied to the applicant's cardiovascular injury due to a misapplication of causation versus disability, but found Dr. Brourman's apportionment of the right shoulder injury to be appropriate given the evidence.
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