What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied; WCJ’s Findings and Award of 73% PD, life pension, and further medical treatment affirmed.p. 2
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of WCJ’s 4/6/23 Findings and Award; WCAB denied reconsideration adopting WCJ Report and Opinion on Decision.
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.
ApportionmentDefendant prevailedbilateral knees · back
No cumulative trauma injury established under § 5412; therefore no apportionment to alleged CT through 5/30/10 applies.
From the decision · page 5Although the CT claim is not before this court for final determination, the existence of a CT is still key to the apportionment question. Although Dr. Mays stated on several occasions that there was a CT, the court determined that no CT was established. Therefore, no apportionment to the alleged CT to 5/30/10 applies.