What the panel ordered
The Appeals Board rescinded the January 18, 2022 Findings, Award and Order and returned the matter to the WCJ for further proceedings consistent with the opinion and to issue a new decision.
Defendant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings, Award and Order issued January 18, 2022, which found applicant sustained injury AOE/COE causing 100% permanent disability; the WCJ recommended denial of the petition for reconsideration; the Appeals Board after reconsideration rescinded the F&A and returned the matter to the WCJ for further proceedings.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold April 20, 2021.
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 Appeals Board found that the vocational experts' reports were not substantial evidence for apportionment and that the medical experts' opinions on apportionment were not reviewed with vocational reports, leading to insufficient evidence on disability caused by the industrial injury.
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