What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Defendant filed a timely Petition for Reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Award dated May 10, 2022, which found applicant 100% totally permanently disabled. The WCAB reviewed the record and the WCJ's report, which it adopted and incorporated.
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.
Permanent total disabilityApplicant prevailedhead · brain · sleep · hearing · sense of smell · eyes (sensitivity to light) · psyche · headaches
The WCJ found applicant 100% totally permanently disabled based on the persuasive vocational expert opinion that applicant was not amenable to vocational rehabilitation and incapable of employment, and the combined medical evidence rated at 98% disability. The WCAB adopted this reasoning and found no error.
From the decision · page 4The parties submitted a total of 39 exhibits which included multiple medical reports, 4 Cross- examination transcripts, 10 vocational expert reports, and medical reporting from 6 different specialties. The Court reviewed each page of the evidence and outlined the multiple findings from the various doctors in describing the basis for the finding that the applicant was entitled to a finding of 100% total permanent disability.