What the panel ordered
Affirmed WCJ Findings and Order except amended to find widow entitled to reimbursement for home health care services from July 4, 2018 to October 17, 2019; deferred issues of reimbursement to daughter and amounts owed
Petitions for reconsideration filed by applicants and defendant; WCJ Findings and Order issued March 14, 2022; WCAB decision after reconsideration issued May 29, 2026
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.
The WCAB found that the widow was entitled to reimbursement for home health care services from July 4, 2018 to October 17, 2019 based on medical prescriptions and defendant's failure to investigate the need for such care, consistent with Labor Code and case law requirements.
From the decision · page 8performed any investigation into the need for home health care services during that period. Therefore, the record confirms the need for home health care services during the period July 4, 2018 to October 17, 2019. We also conclude that the evidentiary record supports the reasonableness of the services in accordance with the medical treatment utilization schedule for home health care services.