What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision after reconsideration deferred pending further reviewp. 9
Applicant petitioned for reconsideration of WCJ’s May 5, 2025 Findings of Fact, Order denying SIBTF benefits
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.
WCJ decided existence of pre-existing disability despite parties’ stipulation to SIBTF eligibility; only extent was submitted for decision
From the decision · page 1Applicant contends that the WCJ erred in failing to rely on the parties’ stipulation that applicant was eligible for SIBTF benefits and that the issue raised for trial was the “extent” of applicant’s pre-existing labor disabling conditions pursuant to section 4751 not their “existence.”
Dr. Bellinger’s discussion of pre-existing labor disablement is inadequate; record not properly developed