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p. 24. Dr. Welty generally opined that over 51 causation of
the psychiatric injury was caused as a consequence of psoriatic arthritis. Id. at p. 25. Applicants
GAF score was 45. Id. at p. 24.
Dr. Welty was deposed on the issue of causation after which she agreed to reevaluate
applicant and
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and testified that
he advised claimant of this. He opined claimants back problems and radiculopathy were a consequence
of her altered gait. He also opined claimants pain level is such that she would not be able to perform at
any job. Dr. Constine also indicated no work at his February 20 2017
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requirement the Legislature established as sufficient connection when it amended Labor Code
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The WCJ's and parties' discussions about applicant's residence are of no consequence in this case. While it is true
that Labor Code section 5305 states that the jurisdiction of the
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result of the
debridement that occurred during the arthroscopy. Every natural consequence that flows from
an injury that arose out of and in the course of the claimants employment is compensable unless
caused by an independent intervening accident that breaks the chain of causation between a
work
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522 1969; Edward Don v Industrial Commission 344
Ill.App.3d 643 801 N.E.2d 18 2003 For an employee's workplace injury to be compensable
under workers' compensation the petitioner must establish that the injury is due to a cause
connected with the employment such that it arose out of the
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home on July 5 2020.
Every natural consequence that flows from an injury that arose out of and in the course of
ones employment is compensable under the Act absent the occurrence of an independent
intervening accident that breaks the chain of causation between the work-related injury and an
ensuing
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February 27 2016 or March l 2016. The
Commission further finds Petitioner failed to prove her current conditions of ill-being are
causally related to her alleged work accidents.
rt IS THEREFORE ORDERED BY THE COMMISSION that the Petitioner failed to
prove she sustained compensable accidental injuries on
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claimants treatment of the low back. As a consequence the JCC denied the Section 440.105
defense. The 1st DCA in Arnold reversed stating the JCC too narrowly analyzed the ECs
defense by considering only whether the alleged misrepresentation related to the claimants knee.
The JCC apparently
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injury as a compensable
consequence and causing the need for vocational rehabilitation benefits.
3. In support the applicant will submit medical reports from the Applicants treating
doctors indicating an increase in disability and recommendations for surgery. It
should be noted that these reports
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showed no signs of instability or other abnormality
on exam. PR 742-743 He felt that the MRI findings on both the back and the knee were strictly
degenerative in nature. PR 741-742 He acknowledged the radiologists description of a tear
but did not feel this was a finding of any consequence or
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