What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; July 8, 2025 Findings and Award rescinded; matter returned to trial level for further proceedings.
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ's July 8, 2025 Findings and Award, which found 39% disability. The Board reviewed the record, granted reconsideration, rescinded the F&A, and remanded for further proceedings.
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 declined to follow the parties' stipulation of 27% disability, finding Dr. Woodcox's apportionment opinion did not comply with Escobedo and instead found 39% disability. The Board found due process required further proceedings to address setting aside the stipulation and further development of the record on disability and apportionment.
From the decision · page 4In the July 8, 2025, F&A the WCJ followed the parties' stipulations except stipulation number seven of 27% disability "because Dr. Woodcox's opinion on apportionment is not legal as it does not comply with the Escobedo case." (F&A, July 8, 2025, page 2.) Instead, the WCJ found 39% disability. (F&A, July 8, 2025, page 3.