What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied by the Appeals Board panel on April 11, 2022.
Applicant seeks removal or reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued by the WCJ on January 21, 2022, which denied her request for a replacement QME panel.
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 found the objection to the QME report was defective because the replacement panel request was made after receipt of the report, not before. The Appeals Board panel denied reconsideration, deferring to the WCJ's discretion to prevent 'doctor shopping'.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks removal or in the alternative reconsideration of the Findings and Order (F&O) issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on January 21, 2022. By the F&O, the WCJ found that applicant's objection to the report of the qualified medical evaluator (QME) was defective. The WCJ issued an order denying applicant's request for a replacement panel.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.