What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted solely to amend Finding of Fact 5; Findings and Award otherwise affirmed.
Applicant and surviving spouse seek reconsideration of the June 26, 2024 Findings and Award regarding permanent disability and return-to-work offer issues.
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.
Temporary disabilityMixedbilateral shoulders · bilateral wrists · left elbow
Applicant was paid in full for permanent disability within 60 days of P&S date, so no increase applies; however, defendant did not make a return-to-work offer, so no decrease applies either.
From the decision · page 7Accordingly, we grant applicant's Petition solely to amend Finding of Fact 5 to clarify that there were no permanent disability benefits remaining to be paid to applicant within 60 days of July 7, 2021, and as such, applicant is not entitled to an increase under Labor Code section 4658(d)(2), but since defendant did not make an offer of regular, modified, or alternative work to applicant within 60 days of July 7, 2021, defendant is not entitled to a decrease under Labor Code section 4658(d)(3)(A). We otherwise affirm the F&A.