What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Defendant filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the WCJ's Amended Findings of Fact and Orders issued on August 4, 2025, which was denied by the WCAB panel decision on November 14, 2025.
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 credible and unrebutted testimony and medical evidence supporting that the applicant sustained a high velocity eye injury as defined by the statute, entitling him to extended temporary disability benefits.
From the decision · page 6Applicant sustained injury to his left eye when one or more welding sparks entered his left eye on July 19, 2022. According to applicant's credible and unrebutted testimony (12/26/2024 MOH; pages 3-4):
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant sustained injury to the left eye on July 19, 2022, while employed as a welder specialist, with credible testimony describing the injury mechanism and protective gear worn.