A medical panel's reasons should be read as an integrated whole, not as separate compartments for physical and psychiatric assessment. Surveillance material and inconsistent histories that are relevant to rejecting a physical injury claim may be of little or no moment in assessing whether a psychiatric injury has been suffered. The expression 'chronic pain syndrome' lacks precision and may refer to a physical, psychiatric, or combined condition, so apparent inconsistencies in a panel's treatment of the term may resolve on closer analysis.
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