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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration. The defendant argued the applicant's stroke and psychiatric injury were not work-related, but the Board adopted the Workers' Compensation Judge's findings. The Judge relied on medical evidence, including reports from the applicant's primary care physician and a psychiatric QME, concluding that workplace stress was a contributing factor to the applicant's stroke and subsequent psychiatric injury. The defense's arguments regarding the internal medicine PQME's findings were found to be inconsistent with his own deposition testimony concerning the plausibility of work stress causing the stroke.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration. The defendant argued the applicant's stroke and psychiatric injury were not work-related, but the Board adopted the Workers' Compensation Judge's findings. The Judge relied on medical evidence, including reports from the applicant's primary care physician and a psychiatric QME, concluding that workplace stress was a contributing factor to the applicant's stroke and subsequent psychiatric injury. The defense's arguments regarding the internal medicine PQME's findings were found to be inconsistent with his own deposition testimony concerning the plausibility of work stress causing the stroke.
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