What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied
Defendant seeks reconsideration of a workers' compensation administrative law judge's First Amended Findings and Award of June 22, 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.
Permanent disability ratingApplicant prevailedheart · gastric system · low back
Applicant's coronary heart disease was found subject to the heart trouble presumption under Labor Code section 3212.5, precluding apportionment under Labor Code section 4663(e). Defendant's argument relying on a non-binding digest summary was rejected.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of a workers' compensation administrative law judge's (WCJ) First Amended Findings and Award of June 22, 2022 wherein it was found that, while employed as a deputy sheriff during a cumulative period from October 14, 2008 through April 27, 2019, applicant sustained industrial injury to the heart, gastric system and low back causing permanent disability of 72 percent and the need for further medical treatment.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.