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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted the applicant's petition for reconsideration to address the denial of his petition to reopen for new and further disability. The Board found that the applicant may have sustained an increase in permanent disability due to subsequent surgeries on his right knee, following a 1993 stipulated award for multiple industrial injuries. However, the Board remanded the case for further development of the record regarding apportionment of the increased disability under current causation-based legal standards. The WCJ must now determine if the applicant's March 25, 1988 injury contributed to the increased disability and, if so, to what extent, considering the apportionment requirements.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted the applicant's petition for reconsideration to address the denial of his petition to reopen for new and further disability. The Board found that the applicant may have sustained an increase in permanent disability due to subsequent surgeries on his right knee, following a 1993 stipulated award for multiple industrial injuries. However, the Board remanded the case for further development of the record regarding apportionment of the increased disability under current causation-based legal standards. The WCJ must now determine if the applicant's March 25, 1988 injury contributed to the increased disability and, if so, to what extent, considering the apportionment requirements.
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