What the panel ordered
The WCJ's Findings and Order of September 22, 2025, is rescinded and the matter is returned to the trial level for further proceedings consistent with the opinion.
Applicant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Order issued on September 22, 2025, which denied his claims of injury arising out of and in the course of employment and barred a claim by the statute of limitations. The WCJ's decision was rescinded and the matter was returned to the trial level for further proceedings.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's findings denying injury AOE/COE were not supported by substantial medical evidence, particularly due to deficiencies in the QME's reports and history taking, warranting further development of the record.
From the decision · page 1Applicant, in pro per, seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Order (F&O) issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on September 22, 2025. The WCJ found, in relevant part, that applicant did not sustain injury arising out of and occurring during the course of employment (AOE/COE) to his left leg, left groin, hernia, right ankle, right shoulder, neck, left testicle, and nasal during the period from February 10, 2019 through May 10, 2019; applicant did not sustain injury AOE/COE to his right shoulder, neck, and head on March 19, 2019; and the March 19, 2019 claim of injury was barred by the statute of limitations pursuant to Labor Code section 54051. The WCJ ordered that applicant take nothing.