What the panel ordered
Findings and Order issued on January 28, 2021, rescinded; matter remanded to WCJ to consider Compromise and Release and for further proceedings as deemed appropriate.
Petition for reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued by the WCJ on January 28, 2021, granted; original decision rescinded and matter remanded to WCJ to consider Compromise and Release.
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 originally found no compensable psychiatric injury, but the Board granted reconsideration and remanded for consideration of a settlement, not ruling on the merits.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ found that applicant did not sustain injury to his head and psyche arising out of employment on December 16, 2015.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This finding was the basis for denying compensability and was later rescinded upon reconsideration.