What the panel ordered
The WCAB granted the petition for reconsideration solely to defer the issue of reasonable attorney fees to the trial level and otherwise affirmed the Findings of Fact and Award issued by the WCJ on May 20, 2024, including the award of temporary partial disability indemnity for 104 weeks following the July 27, 2021 injury date.
Applicant sought reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Award issued by the WCJ on May 20, 2024, challenging the calculation of temporary disability benefits and attorney fees. The WCJ issued a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration recommending denial except for attorney fees. The WCAB granted reconsideration, deferred attorney fees to the trial judge, and otherwise affirmed the WCJ's findings.
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 was temporarily partially disabled as he was able to work in a reduced capacity at his business, thus not entitled to temporary total disability but to temporary partial disability benefits based on his average weekly wage calculated under Labor Code section 4458.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.