What the panel ordered
The Findings and Award issued by the WCJ on December 8, 2020 was rescinded; the Stipulations With Request for Award filed July 14, 2022 were approved; attorneys' fees were allowed.
Applicant petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings and Award issued by the WCJ on December 8, 2020; reconsideration was granted and the matter was resolved by stipulations with request for award filed July 14, 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.
The Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the prior Findings and Award, and approved the stipulations with request for award as adequate and in the applicant's best interest, including reasonable attorneys' fees.
From the decision · page 1The applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration1 of the Findings and Award that was issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on December 8, 2020. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues in this matter.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.