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This case involves a workers' compensation claim for permanent total disability and lifetime medical care awarded to an applicant who sustained industrial injuries as a registered nurse. The applicant's husband, also a lien claimant, provided 24-hour home health aide services after December 5, 2004. While the original award set the reasonable value of these services at $100 per day, the Appeals Board granted reconsideration. The Board increased the daily reimbursement rate to $200, finding it consistent with the evidence of actual care provided and more economical for the defendant than hiring external agencies or institutionalizing the applicant.
SOMBOON INTRACHOOTO vs. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES/RANCHO PRINCIPAL RECONSIDERATION Permissibly Self-Insured is a workers' compensation case decided in . This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
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This case involves a workers' compensation claim for permanent total disability and lifetime medical care awarded to an applicant who sustained industrial injuries as a registered nurse. The applicant's husband, also a lien claimant, provided 24-hour home health aide services after December 5, 2004. While the original award set the reasonable value of these services at $100 per day, the Appeals Board granted reconsideration. The Board increased the daily reimbursement rate to $200, finding it consistent with the evidence of actual care provided and more economical for the defendant than hiring external agencies or institutionalizing the applicant.
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