What the panel ordered
Findings and Order of December 31, 2021 affirmed except issues of injury AOE/COE, section 5412 date of injury, and admissibility of QME reports deferred; matter returned to WCJ
Petitions for Reconsideration granted to further study factual and legal issues; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings consistent with opinion
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.
Admissibility of QME reports deferred pending proper QME process; reports obtained without panel list as required by law.
From the decision · page 6Based thereon, we agree with the WCJ that since the claimed date of injury is September
The date of injury for cumulative injury claims is deferred pending further medical evidence; statute of limitations does not begin until disability and knowledge of injury causation.