What the panel ordered
The WCAB affirmed the WCJ's Joint Findings, Award, & Order except it amended the permanent disability rating for the applicant's February 9, 2012 left thigh injury to 6% permanent disability, warranting 18 weeks of permanent disability indemnity.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by applicant to challenge the Joint Findings, Award, & Order issued by the WCJ on August 2, 2022, was considered and denied except for a clerical correction to the permanent disability rating for the left thigh injury.
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 the applicant sustained an industrial injury to the left thigh on February 9, 2012, resulting in 6% permanent disability, supported by substantial medical evidence from Dr. Jose Kim and others.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the Joint Findings, Award, & Order (F&O) issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on August 2, 2022, wherein the WCJ found in pertinent part that applicant sustained injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment (AOE/COE) to her left thigh (ADJ8214086), but did not sustain an industrial injury to any other body parts claimed in case number ADJ8214086, nor did applicant sustain an injury AOE/COE in any of the other cases litigated and submitted for decision.