What the panel ordered
Findings and Order of April 29, 2021 rescinded; matter remanded to WCJ for consideration of settlement and further proceedings
Petitions for reconsideration filed by both parties; WCJ decision of April 29, 2021 rescinded and matter remanded to WCJ to consider Compromise and Release filed October 20, 2021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.
AOE/COERemandedright knee · right hip · left hip · lumbar spine · psyche · left shoulder · gastrointestinal system
The WCJ found injury to multiple body parts and need for further medical treatment but did not decide permanent disability; the WCAB rescinded and remanded for settlement consideration.
From the decision · page 1applicant, and defendant, County of Ventura, each petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on April 29, 2021. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant while employed on December 29, 2004 as a housekeeper by the County of Ventura, permissibly self- insured for workers' compensation liability, sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment to her right knee, right hip, left hip, lumbar spine, psyche, left shoulder, and gastrointestinal system (constipation and nausea) and consisting of hypertension, resulting in need of further medical treatment to cure or relieve from the effects of the injury. The WCJ did not decide the issue of permanent disability and ordered that the parties develop the evidentiary record by supplemental reporting or testimony of the vocational expert.