What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; final decision after reconsideration deferred pending further review.
Applicant petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Award issued by the WCJ on May 20, 2024, which found 95% permanent disability. The WCAB granted the petition for reconsideration and deferred final decision pending further review.
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 applicant's traumatic brain injury caused permanent total disability under Labor Code section 4662(a)(4), rebutting apportionment and supporting a finding of 100% permanent total disability, contrary to the WCJ's 95% partial disability award.
From the decision · page 1Applicant has petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Award (F&A) issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on May 20, 2024. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant, while employed on March 13, 2016 as a science specialist by defendant, University of California, Berkeley, sustained injury arising out of and in the course of her employment to her head, back, neck and in the form of tinnitus, post- concussive syndrome and traumatic brain injury, causing permanent disability of 95%. Applicant was awarded permanent disability less reasonable attorney fees, and future medical care.