STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA and ROBERT J. PATTERSON, Respondents. COUNSEL: For petitioner--Vonk, Krimen & Evans, by Frank Evans For respondent employee--Jones, Brown & Clifford, by Yale I. Jones OPINION BY: Caldecott, P. J. 649], and later claimed an additional penalty for failure of defendants to reimburse him for self-procured medical treatment. Reconsideration was granted to consider the impact of the pending case of Gallamore v. Workers' Comp. The result was the same--a 10 percent penalty was imposed upon the full amount of the permanent disability award.

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