What the panel ordered
The WCAB granted defendant's petition for reconsideration, amended the WCJ's decision to defer the permanent and stationary date issue, and ordered further medical record development and supplemental psychiatric QME opinion.
Defendant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Amended Findings, Award and Order dated November 18, 2020, challenging the telephonic hearing and permanent and stationary findings; WCJ filed a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration; WCAB granted reconsideration and amended the decision to defer the permanent and stationary issue.
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 WCAB found it premature to decide the permanent and stationary date as the issue of permanent disability was deferred and reserved jurisdiction for future determination.
From the decision · page 37) The issue of permanent and stationary date is deferred, with jurisdiction reserved.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.