What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; WCJ decision amended to find applicant entitled to some acupuncture treatment; issue of frequency and duration deferred; otherwise WCJ decision affirmed.
Petition for Reconsideration granted by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, amending the WCJ's Joint Findings and Award of November 4, 2024.
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 WCJ's initial denial of acupuncture treatment was reversed because some acupuncture treatment was found reasonably required, but the frequency and duration issue was deferred.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Defendant did not dispute that some acupuncture treatment was reasonable and that the treatment was initially provided at the direction of applicant's primary treating physician.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This supported granting reconsideration and amending the WCJ decision to find some acupuncture treatment reasonably required.