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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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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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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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compensable accident under
a repetitive trauma theory of recovery. See Williams v. Industrial Commission 244 Ill. App. 3d
204 211614 N.E.2d 177 1993 citing Perkins Product Co. v. Industrial Commission 379 Ill.
115 120 1942 "the claimant's injury 'was directly connected with the manner and method in
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condition of ill-being." Sisbro Inc. v.
Industrial Comm 'n 207 Ill. 2d 193 205 2003. "Every natural consequence that flows from an
injury that arose out of and in the course of one's employment is compensable under the Act absent
the occurrence of an independent intervening accident that breaks the
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including certain deposit requirements in order to provide protection
to the workers of the state in the event the insurers issuing workers compensation insurance to
employers fail to pay compensable workers compensation claims when due. Ins. Code 11691.
Every insurer is required to be a
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appointments.
Injuries resulting from a risk distinctly associated with employment i.e. an employment-
related risk are compensable under the Act. Steak n Shake v. Illinois Workers Compensation
Commission 2016 IL App 3d 150500WC 35 67 N.E.3d 571. Risks are distinctly associated
with
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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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history of working as a data entry clerk from 1988 untill1906 when she was suspended. She stated that she has never returned to work. The
doctor noted that petitioner's problems are a direct consequence of her job. On 21808 petitioner underwent a right ring finger proximal interphalangeal joint
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