What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision deferred pending further review of merits and entire record.
Applicant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's October 1, 2025 Findings of Fact denying subject matter jurisdiction; the WCAB granted reconsideration and deferred final decision pending further review.
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 WCAB found that the WCJ's denial of subject matter jurisdiction was premature and granted reconsideration to further review the merits and the entire record.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the October 1, 2025 Findings of Fact, wherein the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that applicant, while employed as a professional athlete from April 21, 2017 to April 29, 2021, claims to have sustained industrial injury to his head, neck, back, spine, arms, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, fingers, hips, legs, knees, ankles, feet, toes, internal [system], [ears, nose, throat/temporomandibular joint], neurological [system]/psych[e], hearing, vision, sleep, and chronic pain. The WCJ determined that the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) lacks subject matter jurisdiction over applicant's claim of injury.