What the panel ordered
The April 13, 2021 Findings and Award is rescinded and substituted. The matter is remanded to the trial level for further proceedings to develop the record on occupational group classification and permanent disability rating.
Applicant seeks reconsideration of the April 13, 2021 Findings and Award (F&A) regarding occupational group classification and permanent disability rating.
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.
There is insufficient evidence to determine the correct occupational group number; the matter is remanded for further development of the record to ensure due process and accurate permanent disability rating.
From the decision · page 31257.) An employee may also be entitled to a higher occupational group number if the activity (or activities) which generates the higher occupational group is an integral part of the occupation. (National Kinney v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Casillas) (1980) 113 Cal.App.3d 203, 215-216 [45 Cal.Comp.Cases 1266].)
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.