What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; WCJ's April 16, 2024 decision rescinded; new decision issued granting entitlement to an additional panel in ophthalmology; issue of new panel in neurology deferred to WCJ.
Applicant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings of Fact and Order of April 16, 2024, which denied good cause for an additional panel in Ophthalmology. The WCJ admitted error in not ruling on the request for a new panel in neurology and recommended remand for that issue.
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.
QME/AME processDeferredneurology
The issue of entitlement to a new panel in neurology was deferred to the WCJ for initial ruling.
From the decision · page 3We take no position on the ultimate resolution of any of these issues. For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that Applicant's Petition for Reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Order of April 16, 2024 is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED as the Decision After Reconsideration of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board that the Findings of Fact and Order of April 16, 2024 is RESCINDED and that the following is SUBSTITUTED therefor: