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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and affirmed the original decision finding the applicant permanently and totally disabled, with one amendment. The Board agreed to exclude the applicant's vocational rebuttal expert's report, as recommended by the Workers' Compensation Judge. However, the Board rejected the defendant's arguments regarding a subsequent injury, the vocational expert's legal standard, and the exclusion of defense vocational expert evidence.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and affirmed the original decision finding the applicant permanently and totally disabled, with one amendment. The Board agreed to exclude the applicant's vocational rebuttal expert's report, as recommended by the Workers' Compensation Judge. However, the Board rejected the defendant's arguments regarding a subsequent injury, the vocational expert's legal standard, and the exclusion of defense vocational expert evidence.
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