What the panel ordered
The Findings and Order issued by the WCA on July 12, 2021, is rescinded and the matter is returned to the arbitrator for further proceedings consistent with this decision.
Petition for reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued by a workers' compensation arbitrator on July 12, 2021, was granted to further study factual and legal issues.
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 Appeals Board found the record incomplete and lacking proper evidence to support the denial, requiring further proceedings for a proper record and due process.
From the decision · page 1applicant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Order (F&O) issued by a workers' compensation arbitrator (WCA) on July 12, 2021, wherein the WCA found that applicant was not entitled to temporary disability indemnity arising from his prostate surgery based upon Labor Code section 48531 as well as an August 22, 2017 stipulated agreement between applicant and his employer in conjunction with his industrial disability retirement (IDR).