WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD STATE OF CALIFORNIA Case No. RDG 0091839 KENNETH GROM, Applicant, vs. SHASTA WOOD PRODUCTS; and STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Defendants. STATEMENT OF FACTS Applicant, Kenneth Grom, sustained an injury to his back on July 27, 1999 arising out of and in the course of his employment by Shasta Wood Products. We require evidence-based studies that are of sufficient quality before we can accept hypogonadism as an industrial injury. Defendant contends that any recommended treatment must both cure and relieve applicant from the effects of his industrial injury. Thus, the phrase "cure or relieve" is identical to the phrase "cure and relieve," such that their use is interchangeable.

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