What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied by the WCAB panel on September 7, 2021.
Defendant sought reconsideration of the Amended Findings & Award issued by the WCJ on June 24, 2021, which found applicant's industrial injury caused 92% permanent disability.
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 panel found substantial evidence in the reports and testimony of psychiatric AME Dr. Ann Allen supporting the addition rather than combination of orthopedic and psychiatric disability ratings, based on the distinct body parts affected and the synergistic effect of the disabilities.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Amended Findings & Award (F&A), issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on June 24, 2021, wherein the WCJ found in pertinent part applicant's August 6, 2013, industrial injury caused 92% permanent disability.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.