What the panel ordered
Findings and Award of July 17, 2017 by WCJ affirmed
Petition for Reconsideration granted to study legal and factual issues; decision after reconsideration by en banc panel
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 Board held that prior and subsequent permanent disabilities shall be added to the extent they do not overlap to determine the combined permanent disability under section 4751, and that SIBTF is liable for the total amount of the combined permanent disability less the amount due from the subsequent injury and allowable credits.
From the decision · page 210 case law, we affirm the WCJ's decision and hold that:
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant has prior stipulated awards of permanent disability and a subsequent injury permanent disability.