What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration deniedp. 4
Defendant's Petition for Reconsideration from WCJ's Findings & Award of April 27, 2021, finding permanent total 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.
Petition denied on merits; procedural due process concerns regarding 60-day statutory deadline addressed via Shipley tolling but did not affect outcome
From the decision · page 4IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Reconsideration is DENIED.
Permanent total disabilityDefendant prevailedthoracic spine · lumbar spine · bilateral shoulders · bilateral hands · bilateral lower extremities
WCJ's finding of permanent total disability upheld; AME opinion and vocational expert report constitute substantial evidence; applicant's credibility determinations given great weight