What the panel ordered
The Appeals Board reversed the WCJ's conclusion that the old permanent disability rating schedule applies to injuries prior to January 1, 2005, and held that the revised schedule applies to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2005, unless exceptions in Labor Code section 4660(d) apply. The matter was returned to the WCJ for further proceedings.
Petition for reconsideration granted by the Appeals Board en banc to review the interpretation of Labor Code section 4660(d) regarding the applicability of the revised permanent disability rating schedule.
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 Appeals Board held that the revised permanent disability rating schedule applies to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2005, and to injuries prior to that date unless exceptions in section 4660(d) apply, reversing the WCJ's contrary conclusion.
From the decision · page 2Based on our review of the relevant statutory and case law, we hold that the revised 11
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.