What the panel ordered
Decision of January 4, 2021 affirmed except amended to reflect 15% permanent disability.
Petition for Reconsideration granted to amend the permanent disability rating from 9% to 15%.
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 permanent disability rating was amended from 9% to 15% based on the correct age adjustment for the applicant who was 32 years old at the time of injury.
From the decision · page 36. Petitioner alleges: Applicant's level of permanent is incorrect due to the age adjustment.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant was 32 years old at the time of injury.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This age was used to correctly adjust the permanent disability rating from 9% to 15%.
From the decision · page 3As noted in the Petition for Reconsideration, applicant was 32 years old at the time of injury. Defendant is, therefore, correct that the permanent disability should be 15%.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Labor Code
Labor Code
Applied to determine the correct permanent disability rating based on age adjustment.
From the decision · page 36. Petitioner alleges: Applicant's level of permanent is incorrect due to the age adjustment.
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