What the panel ordered
Affirmed except amended to reflect 41% permanent disability without apportionmentp. 6
Petition for Reconsideration from WCJ Findings, Award and Orders of March 12, 2021
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.
Discovery properly closed at January 3, 2019 MSC; no good cause shown to reopen medical discovery
From the decision · page 16With respect to the closure of discovery, defendant correctly points out in its Answer that discovery was clearly closed at the time of the January 3, 2019 MSC, and it was only re-opened for vocational evidence, as confirmed by the Appeals Board.
ApportionmentApplicant prevailedleft shoulder · lumbar spine
Dr. Domeniconi's apportionment opinion is not substantial evidence because it failed to describe in detail the exact nature of the apportionable disability and explain how and why the prior conditions were causing permanent disability at the time of evaluation