05/17/2011
Good Afternoon-
I think that there may be a valid argument that the heart attack is related as it "arose out of" the work comp injury. &quo
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12/13/2016
stroke is a compensable consequence which is apportionable. At the time of injury a snapshot in time there was no trauma to the brain.
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09/01/2014
reasons discussed below we will grant reconsideration for the sole purpose of amending the WCJ's decision to find that applicant's psychiatric injury is a compensable consequence injury of the June 30 2014 admitted orthopedic injury. We will otherwise affirm the WCJ's decision. Defendant does not
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04/01/2022
employer had sustained a
compensable consequence injury. Reasoning that the injury occurring during a trip to a doctor
mandated by the statutory and contractual obligations related to the workers compensation laws
the Supreme Court characterized the trip as one that partook of the nature of a
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08/01/2021
psychiatric injuries
pled as a compensable consequence of a physical injury. Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Workers
Comp. Appeals Bd. McCullough 2002 96 Cal.App.4th 1237 1249 67 Cal.Comp.Cases 245.
The Court of Appeal in McCullough opined that for a compensable consequence psychiatric injury
the
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05/01/2023
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A psychiatric injury may be either directly caused by events of employment or as a
compensable consequence of an industrial injury. Wilson v. State of CA Cal Fire 2019 84
Cal.Comp.Cases 393 403 Appeals Board en banc; see also Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Workers
Comp. Appeals Bd. McCullough
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11/27/2006
An ankle injury not sustained at work but arising from an earlier injury that did arise out of and in the course of employment is considered a natural consequence from the first injury the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled.
The court in Everett v. Well Care & Nursing Services COA06
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03/01/2012
incurred orthopedic industrial injury to various body parts while employed as a laborer by defendant Benicia Fabrication & Machine Inc. Benicia on March 30 2007 and also incurred compensable consequence industrial injury to his psyche causing a need for psychiatric medical treatment which was awarded
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06/01/2021
attributed to dizziness caused by medication prescribed for the earlier injuries.
Vincent filed a claim for benefits on the ground that his knee injury was a compensable consequence of his February 2009 injuries. A deputy commissioner awarded benefits and no party appealed.
In September 2017 Vincent
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02/01/2011
injury to her spine left 161 17 181 ankle and dry mouth as a compensable consequence. The WCJ also found that the 1997 permanent disability rating schedule applies and that the applicant sustained 40 permanent disability. Defendant contends that the applicable permanent disability rating schedule is
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