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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded a prior award finding increased permanent disability. The WCAB found the Administrative Law Judge erred in applying apportionment to new and further disability based on a questionable medical report and by revisiting a final prior award. The case is returned to the trial level for further proceedings to address the apportionment issue correctly, without reference to the prior award's apportionment.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded a prior award finding increased permanent disability. The WCAB found the Administrative Law Judge erred in applying apportionment to new and further disability based on a questionable medical report and by revisiting a final prior award. The case is returned to the trial level for further proceedings to address the apportionment issue correctly, without reference to the prior award's apportionment.
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