What the panel ordered
The June 13, 2024 Findings, Award and Orders are rescinded and the matter is returned to the trial level for further proceedings consistent with the opinion.
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of the June 13, 2024 Findings, Award and Orders; the WCAB granted reconsideration, rescinded the June 13, 2024 decision, and returned the matter to the trial level for further development of the record.
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 the vocational expert's report insufficient to exclude nonindustrial apportionment and psychiatric impairment in the vocational rehabilitation feasibility analysis, requiring further development of the record.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Vocational expert Steve Ramirez's report did not adequately exclude nonindustrial apportionment in the vocational rehabilitation feasibility analysis.
Favours Defendant prevailed