What the panel ordered
Findings of Fact and Order issued January 4, 2023, rescinded; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Petition for reconsideration of the WCJ Findings of Fact and Order issued January 4, 2023, granted for further study and settlement conference; original decision rescinded and matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings.
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The WCJ originally found no entitlement to medical treatment for teeth from the industrial injury; the WCAB rescinded that decision and returned the matter for further proceedings without ruling on the merits.
From the decision · page 1applicant petitions for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on January 4, 2023. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant's industrial injury while employed by defendant Los Angeles Unified School District as a teacher's assistant on May 9, 2013, did not cause a need for medical treatment for her teeth.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant's industrial injury on May 9, 2013, did not cause a need for medical treatment for her teeth according to the WCJ's original findings.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This finding was the basis for the WCJ's denial of medical treatment entitlement, which was later rescinded by the WCAB for further proceedings.
From the decision · page 1applicant petitions for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on January 4, 2023. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant's industrial injury while employed by defendant Los Angeles Unified School District as a teacher's assistant on May 9, 2013, did not cause a need for medical treatment for her teeth.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Labor Code
Labor Code
Applied to the issue of entitlement to medical treatment for teeth
From the decision · page 1applicant petitions for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on January 4, 2023. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant's industrial injury while employed by defendant Los Angeles Unified School District as a teacher's assistant on May 9, 2013, did not cause a need for medical treatment for her teeth.
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