What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; WCJ's decision amended to find only a specific industrial injury on November 21, 2020, deleting any reference to cumulative injury.
Defendant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Award of September 28, 2022, which found industrial injury to applicant's cervical spine, shoulders, left arm, and elbows.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold September 12, 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 WCJ erred in finding a cumulative injury contrary to the unrebutted medical opinion that the applicant sustained a specific injury on November 21, 2020. The Board granted reconsideration and amended the decision to find only a specific injury.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of a workers' compensation administrative law judge's (WCJ) Findings and Award of September 28, 2022, wherein it was found that while "employed on November 21, 2020 and/or during the period August 2020 through November 21, 2020, as a motorcycle mechanic," applicant sustained industrial injury to his cervical spine, shoulders, left arm, and elbows.