What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; F&O rescinded; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings and new decisionp. 5
Applicant petition for reconsideration of WCJ's Finding of Fact and Order denying injury AOE/COE
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.
AOE/COERemandedneck · shoulder · back · psyche · nervous system · circulatory system
Record lacks substantial medical evidence on cumulative trauma claim; WCJ's reliance on supervisor testimony to reject PTP opinion was premature without proper medical-legal evaluation
From the decision · page 4(2000) 81 Cal.App.4th 1068, 1070 [65 Cal.Comp.Cases 650-651, 655-656].) The issue of whether applicant sustained a cumulative injury AOE/COE is a threshold issue, and therefore the trial record is not an adequate basis for making a final determination.