What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by Defendant after WCJ Findings of Fact and Award dated 4/26/2022; WCAB panel denies the Petition for Reconsideration on 7/5/2022.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold February 14, 2022.
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.
AOE/COEApplicant prevailedbilateral upper extremities · cervical spine · thoracic spine · lumbar spine · right shoulder · right leg · right knee
The WCJ and WCAB found that Applicant met her burden of proof for injury AOE/COE based on credible testimony and the entire medical record including the Panel QME report of Dr. Sang Lee.
From the decision · page 5To the extent that the report is legible it is clear that based on its content and Applicant's testimony, Dr. Bady is not a workers compensation doctor. The records of Dr. Bady are only a small portion of the medical reports in evidence. The determination of AOE/COE was based on the entire record including the Panel QME report of Dr. Sang Lee who is a workers compensation doctor and who in fact reviewed the medical reports of Dr. Bady along with a numerous medical records. The entire record supports the finding that Applicant met her burden of proof of establishing injury AOE/COE regarding injuries she sustained to her bilateral upper extremities, cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, right shoulder, right leg and right knee on 2/16/2020.