What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration deniedp. 10
Defendant petition for reconsideration of WCJ's Amended Findings of Fact, Orders, Award and Opinion on Decision granting applicant's petition for new and further permanent disability
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.
Defendant failed to show error in WCJ's findings on new and further permanent disability to knees or in reliance on QME reporting
From the decision · page 10IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Reconsideration of the Amended Findings of Fact, Orders, Award and Opinion on Decision issued on September 8, 2022 is DENIED.
Reopening / new and further disabilityApplicant prevailedright knee · left knee
Applicant granted new and further permanent disability to bilateral knees based on post-stipulation surgeries, MRIs, and objective pathology