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The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission's award of 30% permanent partial disability to the left eye, rejecting the employee's argument that the employer's untimely answer deemed admitted his claim of 75% disability. The court held that disability percentage determinations are within the Commission's exclusive province and are not subject to deemed-admitted facts.
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