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This case involves a workers' compensation applicant claiming injury to his right shoulder and seeking a new vocational rehabilitation plan. The Appeals Board affirmed the WCJ's denial of a new vocational plan and the finding of no industrial injury to the right shoulder. However, they reversed the WCJ to award benefits resulting from right shoulder surgery, deeming it a consequence of the compensable left shoulder injury.
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This case involves a workers' compensation applicant claiming injury to his right shoulder and seeking a new vocational rehabilitation plan. The Appeals Board affirmed the WCJ's denial of a new vocational plan and the finding of no industrial injury to the right shoulder. However, they reversed the WCJ to award benefits resulting from right shoulder surgery, deeming it a consequence of the compensable left shoulder injury.
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