What the panel ordered
Affirmed the WCJ’s Findings of Fact that the Petition to Reopen was barred by the five-year statute of limitations under Lab. Code § 5410.p. 5
Applicant’s Petition for Reconsideration of WCJ’s Findings of Fact of December 23, 2019, granted for further study; WCAB affirms the WCJ’s decision.
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.
Applicant failed to file within five years of the December 19, 2013 date of injury; no tolling or estoppel applied because the notice regarding permanent disability was received on or after the limitations period expired and was not relied upon to delay filing.
From the decision · page 5IT IS ORDERED as the Decision After Reconsideration of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board that the Findings of Fact of December 23, 2019 is hereby AFFIRMED.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.