What the panel ordered
The Petition for Reconsideration was granted in part, amending the WCJ's decision to allow credit only for permanent disability paid pursuant to the 21 percent award and striking credits for days worked, section 4850 benefits, and temporary total disability indemnity. The rest of the F&A was affirmed.
Applicant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings of Fact and Award issued on July 21, 2025, challenging the application of credits against the permanent disability award.
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 Board found that credits for days worked, section 4850 benefits, and temporary total disability indemnity were not justified against the permanent disability award, which compensates for physical loss and future earning capacity, not just lost wages.
From the decision · page 5earnings, and for temporary disability and section 4850 benefits that were paid under both this case and another case. Our inquiry is therefore limited to whether the WCJ properly allowed credit for anything other than for permanent disability that was paid in this case. We conclude that in this case the record does not justify any credit for temporary disability indemnity, salary, or payments of benefits in lieu of temporary disability under section 4850.