What the panel ordered
Rescinded WCJ’s Findings and Order; applicant’s QME panel declared invalid; defendant’s QME panel declared valid; parties ordered to utilize defendant’s panelp. 7
Defendant’s Petition for Removal of WCJ’s Findings and Order treated as Petition for Reconsideration; WCAB granted reconsideration and issued Decision After Reconsideration
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.
Applicant’s panel request was based on defendant’s objection to the application, not an objection to a medical determination by a treating physician under section 4061
From the decision · page 73. QME Panel No. 7389956 is an invalid panel per Lab. Code, § 4062.2.
Defendant’s letter objected to additional body parts in the application, not to a medical determination by a treating physician