What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Applicant seeks reconsideration of a WCJ Findings and Award and Order of June 29, 2022.
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.
Reconsideration / removalDefendant prevailedneck · back · right shoulder · psyche
Applicant failed to timely request a psyche QME panel and did not show good cause or diligence to set aside the WCJ decision.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of a workers' compensation administrative law judge's (WCJ) Findings and Award and Order of June 29, 2022, wherein it was found that while employed on July 31, 2015 as a janitor, applicant sustained industrial injury to her neck, back, and right shoulder causing permanent disability of 29% and the need for further medical treatment.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant did not timely request a psyche QME panel after Dr. McGahan's January 4, 2021 report recommending it.