What the panel ordered
Findings of Fact, Award and Orders issued on February 28, 2022, rescinded; matter remanded to WCJ for further proceedings consistent with the opinion.
Petition for reconsideration granted; original WCJ decision rescinded and matter remanded to WCJ for further proceedings on stipulations filed by parties.
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.
Permanent disability ratingDeferredright elbow
The WCJ's findings on injury and disability were rescinded and remanded for further proceedings due to the petition for reconsideration.
From the decision · page 1Defendant California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation petitions for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact, Award and Orders issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on February 28, 2022. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant sustained cumulative injury to her right shoulder and elbow arising out of and in the course of her employment as a psychiatric technician by defendant during a period ending October 23, 2018, resulting in permanent partial disability of 13% and need for further medical treatment.