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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed prior findings awarding applicant cumulative industrial injuries to his circulatory and respiratory systems, and subsequent psychiatric injury. Applicant sought to reopen a stipulation for a 5% non-industrial apportionment based on a claimed change in law or mutual mistake of fact regarding Labor Code section 4663(e). The Board found no good cause to reopen, as section 4663(e) was declaratory of existing law and the defendant did not share applicant's asserted mistake. Therefore, the previous awards and stipulations, including the apportionment, remain valid.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed prior findings awarding applicant cumulative industrial injuries to his circulatory and respiratory systems, and subsequent psychiatric injury. Applicant sought to reopen a stipulation for a 5% non-industrial apportionment based on a claimed change in law or mutual mistake of fact regarding Labor Code section 4663(e). The Board found no good cause to reopen, as section 4663(e) was declaratory of existing law and the defendant did not share applicant's asserted mistake. Therefore, the previous awards and stipulations, including the apportionment, remain valid.
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