What the panel ordered
May 14, 2020 Findings and Order rescinded; matter returned to trial level for further proceedings.
Petition for Reconsideration of May 14, 2020 Findings and Order granted; decision after reconsideration issued rescinding prior Findings and Order and returning matter to trial level for further proceedings.
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 WCAB found the prior Findings and Order inadequately supported because the QME did not parse individual factors of causation or assign percentages as required by Rolda analysis, necessitating further development of the record.
From the decision · page 5In this matter, we are not persuaded that the Findings of Fact and Order is adequately
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
QME Dr. Zarrin found personnel actions were a substantial cause of psychiatric injury but did not assign specific percentages to individual factors of causation.