What the panel ordered
May 17, 2004 Findings and Award rescinded; matter remanded to trial level for further proceedings and new decision consistent with en banc opinion
Appeals Board granted reconsideration of the May 17, 2004 Findings and Award issued by the WCJ and remanded the matter for further proceedings consistent with the en banc opinion
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 en banc decision clarifies the procedure for resolving post-utilization review medical treatment disputes involving unrepresented employees, requiring timely objection and obtaining a panel QME evaluation, and rescinds the WCJ's decision for failure to follow this procedure.
From the decision · page 1313 medical treatment, the statutory procedure outlined above was not followed. That is, the dispute
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.