What the panel ordered
The Petition for Reconsideration filed by the applicant was denied by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board on June 21, 2024.
Applicant filed a Petition for Reconsideration challenging the WCJ's April 2, 2024 Findings and Orders regarding the invalidation of a QME panel in psychiatry and denial of a general surgery panel request. The WCAB reviewed the petition and the WCJ's Report and Recommendation, and decided to deny the petition and return the matter to the WCJ for further proceedings.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold November 14, 2022, November 14, 2022.
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.
The petition was denied because the applicant failed to timely comply with the discovery order to request a QME panel in psychiatry, rendering the panel invalid.
From the decision · page 6