What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; Findings and Order of May 20, 2025 affirmed except amended to clarify applicant's first date of knowledge of injury is March 22, 2024; other findings affirmed.
Defendant filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Order dated May 20, 2025, challenging the date of injury, statute of limitations defense, and medical record development. The WCAB granted reconsideration and issued a Decision After Reconsideration affirming and amending 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.
The WCJ and WCAB found that applicant's first date of knowledge of injury was March 22, 2024, not December 3, 2006, and that the statute of limitations did not bar the claim because the claim was filed within one year of that date.
From the decision · page 4Finally, we amend paragraph 3 of the Findings and Order to provide that applicant's first date of