What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration issued November 23, 2021, which rescinded the April 13, 2021 Findings and Order and found injury arising out of and in the course of employment on January 30, 2020.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold November 23, 2021.
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 found substantial evidence that the applicant sustained injury AOE/COE to her low back including lumbar radiculopathy to her left leg, rejecting the defense argument that the injury was not work-related based on the QME report and pre-existing condition.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration, issued by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board on November 23, 2021, wherein we rescinded the April 13, 2021 Findings and Order and substituted a new Findings and Order, finding that on January 30, 2020, applicant sustained injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment (AOE/COE) to her low back including lumbar radiculopathy to her left leg, and deferring all other issues regarding the injury.