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This case concerns a defendant's challenge to a WCJ's award of 12 additional hours of home health care. The Appeals Board rescinded the WCJ's decision, finding the defendant's argument regarding the timing of the award was not substantiated by the medical evidence. The Board substituted a new award granting four hours per day, three days per week of home health care for three months following the applicant's left knee surgery, as recommended by Dr. Sobol. The Board affirmed the finding of untimely utilization review and other awarded treatments.
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This case concerns a defendant's challenge to a WCJ's award of 12 additional hours of home health care. The Appeals Board rescinded the WCJ's decision, finding the defendant's argument regarding the timing of the award was not substantiated by the medical evidence. The Board substituted a new award granting four hours per day, three days per week of home health care for three months following the applicant's left knee surgery, as recommended by Dr. Sobol. The Board affirmed the finding of untimely utilization review and other awarded treatments.
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