What the panel ordered
Amended Findings and Award affirmed except as amended to reflect combined permanent disability of 76%p. 6
SIBTF petition for reconsideration of WCJ's 100% PD award; WCAB granted reconsideration and reduced to 76%
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.
ApportionmentApplicant prevailedleft knee
Left knee disability established by pre-2017 medical records; psychiatric condition rejected as retroactive prophylactic restriction
From the decision · page 5Scheinbaum’s impairment opinion amounts to retroactive prophylactic restrictions, which are prohibited. Therefore, we would be remiss to permit applicant’s psychological condition as a preexisting disability for purposes of SIBTF benefits. As such, applicant’s permanent disability impairment rating should be as follows: