What the panel ordered
Affirmed in part, amended in part: temporary disability award added for June 21, 2015 to May 25, 2016; permanent disability, vocational evidence, and indemnity rate findings affirmedp. 10
Petitions for Reconsideration filed by both applicant and defendant from WCJ's April 29, 2020 Findings, Awards and Orders; WCAB granted reconsideration and now issues Decision After Reconsideration
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.
Temporary disabilityApplicant prevailedright knee
Applicant entitled to temporary disability during period of diagnostic testing requested by QME
From the decision · page 9In summary, we will amend the award of temporary disability because applicant was entitled to ongoing temporary disability while awaiting diagnostic testing requested by the QME.