What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by defendant challenging Findings and Award issued March 23, 2021, after trial on permanent disability and apportionment; prior Findings and Award issued August 29, 2018, found injury to psyche and teeth arising out of employment; this decision denies reconsideration.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
Dr. Meade's apportionment percentages lacked explanation and did not meet the legal standard for apportionment, so apportionment was rejected and an unapportioned award was affirmed.
From the decision · page 8In this matter Dr. Meade gave numbers for apportionment to factors other than the industrial injury but did not explain why or how those factors contributed to applicant's disability. Therefore an unapportioned disability award is due."