What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration dismissed; Petition for Removal granted; WCJ decision of 2020-11-24 rescinded and matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings
Petition for Reconsideration dismissed; Petition for Removal granted; WCJ decision of 2020-11-24 rescinded and matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings
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 / IMRRemandedpsyche · diabetes
The WCAB found the WCJ's decision was interlocutory and not final, dismissing reconsideration but granting removal to allow further proceedings on the timeliness and reasonableness of the UR denial.
From the decision · page 2Here, the WCJ's decision solely resolves an intermediate procedural or evidentiary issue or issues. The decision does not determine any substantive right or liability and does not determine a threshold issue. Accordingly, it is not a "final" decision and the petition will be dismissed to the extent it seeks reconsideration.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.