What the panel ordered
The Appeals Board affirmed the Amended Findings and Award of March 15, 2019, denying defendant's petition for reconsideration.
Defendant filed a timely petition for reconsideration of the WCJ's Amended Findings and Award of March 15, 2019, disputing the finding of psychiatric injury and permanent disability related to the psyche injury.
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 Appeals Board found that defendant stipulated to psychiatric injury at trial and did not dispute causation until after permanent disability was added; the medical evidence and stipulation supported the finding of psychiatric injury and permanent disability with apportionment.
From the decision · page 1Defendant filed a timely petition for reconsideration of the WCJ's decision. Defendant contends, in substance, that the medical evidence does not justify the WCJ's finding that applicant sustained an industrial injury to her psyche, and that applicant is not entitled to permanent disability and further medical treatment for her alleged psyche injury.