What the panel ordered
The WCAB granted the Petition for Reconsideration to correct a clerical error regarding the insurance carrier's identification and otherwise affirmed the WCJ's Findings and Order.
Defendant filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Order issued on May 28, 2024, which was considered and decided by the WCAB panel on August 19, 2024.
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 WCJ and WCAB found that the applicant has not reached psychiatric MMI due to lack of treatment and is entitled to retroactive and ongoing temporary total disability benefits based on the opinions of the treating psychiatrist and QME.
From the decision · page 5This matter proceeded to Trial on February 6, 2024, on the following issues: 1. Whether the applicant has reached maximum medical improvement status on a psychiatric basis. 2. Whether the applicant is entitled to retroactive temporary disability benefits and the amount thereof. 3. Whether defendants have complied with the IMR determination, dated September 29, 2021. All other issues were deferred and bifurcated. (MOH, 2:17-24).