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Respondent is entitled to a credit of 0 under Section 8j of the Act. See AX.
ORDER
As explained in the Arbitration Decision Addendum Petitioner failed to establish that he sustained a
compensable low back injury as a result of the accident on April23 2012 and he further failed to establish a
causal
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"dependency." At the outset of the arbitration hearing the parties confirmed that the issues in dispute were accident causal connection and "dependency." On September 21 2009 Arbitrator Kinnaman filed a decision finding the claim compensable. The Arbitrator found that Petitioner was the decedent's
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be borne by industry and not by the individuals whose misfortunes arise out of
the industry nor by the public. Every injury sustained in the course of the employee's
employment which causes a loss to the employee should be compensable. Shell Oil v.
22IWCC0233
Industrial Commn 2 Ill.2"4 590
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nevertheless can be deemed the initial physical aggressor is of no consequence since the indisputable fact remains that the two participants in the altercation were present on the construction premises became involved in a heated controversy and proceeded to act all in connection with their employment. In
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employment information that was unsubstantiated. Dr. Bokarius
opined applicant meets criteria for a psychiatric injury and as to causation states
I find the examinees psychiatric injury meets the 51 predominant cause
threshold for occurring in the course of and being the consequence of events of
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Decision of the Arbitrator. The Commission finds Petitioner
proved her right wrist condition developed as consequence of her repetitive work activities. The
Commission remands this case to the Arbitrator for further proceedings for a determination of a
further amount of temporary total compensation or of
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aggravated or accelerated as
a consequence of her February 2013 fall.
Dr. Zelby testified that Petitioners persistent and the severity of her complaints were inconsistent with
the objective medical findings and were also inconsistent with the natural history of her objective medical
condition. Dr. Zelby
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returned to its baseline. The Commission therefore finds that the Petitioner established causal
connection between his low back condition and the work-related accident.
The Commission is also not persuaded by Respondents argument relative to the left knee.
Every natural consequence that flows from a
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need for medical
treatment and claimed periods ofTTD were a consequence of her work accident. On that
issue Petitioner had the burden of proof and the Arbitrator has concluded that she failed
to meet that burden. In so concluding the Arbitrator relies upon significant gaps in
treatment followed by new
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the
record and applicable case law I would have found that Petitioners claim is compensable as the
Commission has jurisdiction to decide the instant claim under the Illinois Workers Compensation
Act as the last act of hire occurred in Illinois on May 9 2018 when the union referred Petitioner
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