What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is DENIEDp. 2
Applicant filed a timely and verified Petition for Reconsideration of the WCJ's April 13, 2021 Findings of Fact and Order finding that applicant did not sustain a cumulative trauma psychiatric injury. The WCJ issued a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration recommending denial. The Appeals Board reviewed the petition, answer, WCJ's Report and Opinion on Decision, and 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.
Applicant failed to establish that alleged retaliation for exposing fraud was an actual event of employment supported by objective evidence.
From the decision · page 3Petitioner requests reconsideration of the finding that applicant did not sustain an injury to his psyche arising out of and in the course of employment on a cumulative trauma basis through April 28, 2018.
What the panel did with the medical opinions
The role the physician served, and the weight the opinion carried. Physicians are named here as the decision names them; we do not score them.