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The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed the Board of Review's decision, reversing the Office of Judges' award of temporary total disability benefits and reinstating the claims administrator's denial of benefits from November 3, 2011 onward.
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<bold>Workers' Compensation — Causation — fibromyalgia — doctor's opinion</bold> <bold>testimony</bold> <block_quote> The Court of Appeals erred in concluding that competent evidence was presented to support the Industrial Commission's findings of fact with regard to the cause of plaintiff-employee's fibromyalgia based solely on the opinion testimony of one doctor.</block_quote>
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