What the panel ordered
The December 9, 2005 Findings and Award of the WCJ was affirmed by the Appeals Board en banc.
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ's December 9, 2005 Findings and Award; the Appeals Board granted reconsideration and issued an en banc decision affirming the WCJ's award.
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.
Medical treatment / UR / IMRApplicant prevailedright shoulder · right elbow · right wrist · right upper extremity
Defendant failed to provide required notice to applicant of his rights under the MPN, resulting in neglect or refusal to provide reasonable medical treatment, making defendant liable for reasonable medical treatment self-procured by applicant.
From the decision · page 119 We hold that an employer or insurer's failure to provide required notice to an employee of
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.