What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; WCJ's Findings and Award affirmed except amended to include stipulated admitted body parts
Petition for Reconsideration granted; WCJ's Report and Opinion on Decision adopted and incorporated
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 Agreed Medical Examiner's opinion that the April 10, 2019 industrial accident was the predominant cause of the aggravation of the preexisting Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified was found credible and supported by the evidence, leading to a finding of compensable psychiatric injury.
From the decision · page 8Dr. David Sones, the Agreed Medical Examiner (hereafter Dr. Sones or AME) in psychiatry, diagnosed Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified which preexisted the industrial injury of April 10, 2019. The industrial incident caused an aggravation of preexisting condition resulting in disability and need for medical treatment (Exhibit AA Page 32, paragraph 1 and 2). The AME concluded that the accident at work was the direct cause of the aggravation of the preexisting Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, and that it was the predominant cause of injury (Exhibit AA Page 32, paragraph 3).