What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is denied.
Defendant filed a timely and verified Petition for Reconsideration from the Findings and Award issued on March 30, 2023, which found that applicant sustained permanent total disability as a result of his August 22, 2019 industrial injury to the right hand and fingers.
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 total disabilityApplicant prevailedright hand · fingers
Applicant's industrial injury to his dominant right hand precludes him from gainful employment and rehabilitation, and there is no apportionment to nonindustrial factors; the AME found the disability and work restrictions 100% industrial.
From the decision · page 9Applicant placed his dominant hand inside a machine, which burned, crushed, and mangled the hand. Applicant is medically precluded from using his dominant hand to work. This preclusion prevents applicant from working on the open labor market and prevents applicant from rehabilitating into another career field. Accordingly, he is permanently and totally disabled.