Cincinnati Bengals, Self-Insured Elbert “Ickey” Woods WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAELBERT “ICKEY” WOODS, Applicant,vs. CINCINNATI BENGALS, Self-Insured, Defendant(s).Case No. ANA 0399265ORDER DENYINGRECONSIDERATION We have considered the allegations of the Petition for Reconsideration and the contents of the report of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) with respect thereto. Based on our review of the record, and for the reasons stated in said report which we adopt and incorporate, we will deny reconsideration. We are, moreover, extending to the WCJ’s finding on credibility the great weight to which it is entitled. (Garza v. Workmen’s Comp. Appeals Bd. (1970) 3 CaJ.3d 312 [35 Cal. Compo Cases 500].) Furthermore, in reviewing this record we note that the Agreed Medical Examiner in orthopedic surgery, Dr. Michael Einbund, in his report of March 21, 2007, concluded as follows: “CAUSATION/APPORTIONMENT: Taking into consideration Labor Code 4663, it is my opinion that all of this patient’s current symptoms are secondary to continuous trauma which he sustained during the course of his career as a professional football player. Professional football is an extremely violent occupation. This patient sustained numerous injuries throughout his career as he played in games, practiced and worked out. As long as he was engaged in these activities, his entire body was continuously subjected to severe traumatic forces, all of which are part and parcel to his current condition. It would be totally speculative to apportion anything to specific injuries. Again, it would be impossible to apportion any of this patient’s current , [justify] disability to any specific injuries event as there is no way of[/justify][justify] determining what, if any, disability he would currently have had he[/justify][justify] stopped playing followin
