Nevada Code § 617.364

Newly developed injury or disease: Inclusion in original claim for compensation; limitation
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If,
after a claim for compensation is filed pursuant to NRS 617.344 :
1. The employee seeks treatment from a
physician or chiropractic physician for a newly developed injury or disease;
and
2. The employees medical records for the
occupational disease reported do not include a reference to the injury or
disease for which treatment is being sought,
the injury
or disease for which treatment is being sought must not be considered part of
the employees original claim for compensation unless the physician or
chiropractic physician establishes by medical evidence a causal relationship
between the injury and disease for which treatment is being sought and the
occupational disease reported pursuant to NRS
617.344 .

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