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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the prior award due to a lack of substantial medical evidence regarding industrial psychiatric injury. The Board found both treating physicians' opinions flawed due to inaccurate factual premises or insufficient analysis. The Board also denied the defendant's petition for disqualification of the judge. The case is remanded for further proceedings, including the appointment of a new medical evaluator to address causation and apportionment of psychiatric disability.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the prior award due to a lack of substantial medical evidence regarding industrial psychiatric injury. The Board found both treating physicians' opinions flawed due to inaccurate factual premises or insufficient analysis. The Board also denied the defendant's petition for disqualification of the judge. The case is remanded for further proceedings, including the appointment of a new medical evaluator to address causation and apportionment of psychiatric disability.
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