What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied by WCAB panel on February 10, 2023, adopting and incorporating WCJ report.
Petition for Reconsideration filed December 12, 2022, based on Opinion on Decision and Findings of Fact and Order dated November 17, 2022, reviewed by WCJ and WCAB panel.
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.
Substantial evidence / credibilityDefendant prevailedbilateral upper extremities
The WCJ and WCAB found the AME report of Dr. Perelman to be the better reasoned and more persuasive medical evidence, supported by the presence of a certified Farsi interpreter at the examination, despite applicant's contrary testimony.
From the decision · page 10Based upon the medical report(s) of AME report of Ronald Perelman, M.D., dated 8/16/2021, which is the better reasoned and more persuasive, it is found that applicant did not sustain injury to her bilateral upper extremities arising out of and occurring in the course of employment during the period of 12/1/2014 through 1/14/2021, and there was in fact - no continuous trauma injury. The undersigned found the Perelman report to be substantial medical evidence.