What the panel ordered
Findings and Award affirmed except permanent disability and attorney fees deferred; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings.
Petition for Reconsideration granted to further study factual and legal issues; decision after reconsideration issued affirming Findings and Award except deferring permanent disability and attorney fees issues; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings.
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 evidence was insufficient to determine the permanent disability rating accurately, and the medical opinion on combining or adding disability factors was not substantial evidence. Therefore, the issue was deferred for further development.
From the decision · page 73. The issue of permanent disability caused by the cumulative injury herein, is deferred with jurisdiction reserved.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.