What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision after reconsideration deferred pending further review of merits and entire record.
Applicant sought reconsideration of the June 13, 2025 Findings of Facts and Orders by the WCJ denying a specific psychiatric injury claim; the WCJ found no specific injury arising out of employment on April 12, 2022. The WCJ recommended denial of reconsideration. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration and deferred final decision pending further review.
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 WCJ found no specific injury on April 12, 2022, as the events described were ongoing cumulative trauma rather than a single incident. The Appeals Board found the record insufficiently developed and granted reconsideration for further review.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the June 13, 2025 Findings of Facts and Orders issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in Case No. ADJ16432899. Therein, the WCJ found that applicant did not sustain a specific injury arising out of or in the course of her employment to her psyche while employed as a psychologist on April 12, 2022. Based on these findings, the WCJ order that applicant take nothing.