What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision deferred pending further review of merits
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision deferred pending further review of merits
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.
Reopening / new and further disabilityApplicant prevailedleft ankle · back
The Appeals Board found the WCJ's decision lacked substantial evidence and granted reconsideration to further study the factual and legal issues regarding new and further disability within five years of the original injury.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the April 18, 2025 Findings and Award issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). Therein, the WCJ found that applicant's case settled by Stipulated Award1 approved on May 23, 2028, that applicant filed a timely Petition to Reopen claiming new and further disability, and that applicant "did not submit any actual evidence of new and further disability within five years from the date of his initial injury." Based on these findings, the WCJ issued an order that the Petition to Reopen "fails because there was no evidence of new and further disability within five years of his initial injury."