What the panel ordered
Applicant's petition for reconsideration denied; Defendant's petition for reconsideration granted; WCJ's Findings and Award of August 11, 2022 affirmed except amended to remove temporary disability award
Petitions for reconsideration filed by applicant and defendant from WCJ Findings and Award of August 11, 2022; WCAB decision after reconsideration dated October 24, 2022
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold October 29, 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 WCJ and WCAB found injury to the right knee, right elbow, right shoulder, and left hip industrially caused, but no injury to the neck, back, or right hip, consistent with prior final decisions.
From the decision · page 1Applicant, who is representing herself, and defendant each seek reconsideration of a workers' compensation administrative law judge's (WCJ) Findings and Award (and Orders) of August 11, 2022, wherein it was found that, while employed on November 26, 2013 as a Fire Investigator II, applicant sustained industrial injury to her right knee, right elbow and right shoulder, and left hip, but not to her neck, back or right hip. It was found that applicant's injury caused permanent disability of 7%, after apportionment to other factors. Additionally, the WCJ found, "The applicant sustained periods of temporary disability for treatment of the left hip subject to the 104 week cap on temporary disability in an amount to be adjusted by the parties with the WCAB reserving jurisdiction." Previously, in a Decision after Reconsideration of October 29, 2021, we1 affirmed the WCJ's finding (in a Findings and Award of August 5, 2021) that applicant "did not sustain injury to her neck, back, or right hip as a result of the incident on November 26, 2013." (Decision After Reconsideration of October 29, 202, Finding No. 3.)