What the panel ordered
The WCAB granted defendant's petition for reconsideration, rescinded the prior Findings, and substituted new Findings that applicant sustained cumulative injury to her left hand only, deferring injury to other body parts for further proceedings.
Defendant Safety National Insurance sought reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Order issued on July 21, 2025, which found injury to bilateral shoulders, wrists, and hands. The WCJ filed a Report recommending denial of defendant's petition. The WCAB granted reconsideration, rescinded the prior findings, and substituted new findings.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 WCAB found substantial evidence supporting injury to the left hand only, deferring other body parts due to incomplete medical evidence and the need for further development of the record.
From the decision · page 92007 to November 9, 2023, as a cashier, occupational group number: 214, at Los Angeles, California by Vallarta Food Enterprises, Inc., insured by Safety National Casualty Corporation, sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment to her left hand. 2. The issue of injury to other body parts is deferred pending further development of the record.