What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision after reconsideration deferred pending further review
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision deferred pending further review of merits and entire record
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.
Psyche AOE/COERemandedbrain · psyche · pulmonary system
The WCJ found additional psychiatric disability barred under Labor Code §4660(c)(1), but the Appeals Board granted reconsideration to further study the issue due to insufficient current medical evidence.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the August 6, 2024 Findings and Award issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). Therein, the WCJ found that applicant sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment to his brain by cognitive impairment, to his pulmonary system by pulmonary embolus, and psychiatric injury causing temporary disability from April 10, 2020 to February 24, 2021 and 17% permanent disability. The WCJ also found that applicant did not sustain compensable injury to his cardiovascular system.