What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; October 14, 2024 Findings and Order rescinded; matter returned to trial level for development of the recordp. 9
Applicant petition for reconsideration of WCJ's October 14, 2024 Findings and Order finding no psychiatric injury
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.
Psychiatric AME reporting does not constitute substantial medical evidence; AME failed to adequately explain change in causation opinion
From the decision · page 1Allen dated January 24, 2024, February 14, 2024, and March 20, 2024 admitted into evidence, rescind the F&O, and return this matter to the trial level for development of the record.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
AME's March 20, 2024 report concluded causation of psychiatric injury was not predominantly due to industrial ankle injury based on alleged inconsistencies in applicant's medical history