Applicant Christina Bordas, a chief negotiator for a nurses' union, sustained admitted industrial injury to her internal system from cumulative work stress, with the WCJ also finding compensable injury to her eyes/vision. Defendant sought reconsideration arguing the WCJ's opinion failed to satisfy Labor Code section 5313, that internal medicine AME Dr. Grodan opined hypertension cannot cause venous occlusion, and that ophthalmology QME Dr. Sami did not provide substantial medical evidence of ocular causation. The WCAB rejected each argument, emphasizing that Dr. Grodan expressly deferred to the ophthalmology specialist (Dr. Sami) on the eye causation question and never withdrew that deferral, while Dr. Sami affirmatively connected applicant's industrial hypertension to her central retinal vein occlusion. The Board found Dr. Sami's reporting constituted substantial medical evidence and that the WCJ's Report cured any section 5313 deficiency. The Petition for Reconsideration was denied.
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