What the panel ordered
Findings of Fact, Award and Orders issued on February 28, 2022, rescinded; matter remanded to WCJ for further proceedings consistent with the opinion.
Petition for reconsideration granted; original WCJ decision rescinded and matter remanded to WCJ for further proceedings on stipulations filed by parties.
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The WCJ's findings on injury and disability were rescinded and remanded for further proceedings due to the petition for reconsideration.
From the decision · page 1Defendant California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation petitions for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact, Award and Orders issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on February 28, 2022. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant sustained cumulative injury to her right shoulder and elbow arising out of and in the course of her employment as a psychiatric technician by defendant during a period ending October 23, 2018, resulting in permanent partial disability of 13% and need for further medical treatment.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ found cumulative injury to right shoulder and elbow with 13% permanent partial disability in the original decision.
Favours neutral
This finding was rescinded and remanded for further proceedings due to the petition for reconsideration.
From the decision · page 1Defendant California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation petitions for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact, Award and Orders issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on February 28, 2022. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant sustained cumulative injury to her right shoulder and elbow arising out of and in the course of her employment as a psychiatric technician by defendant during a period ending October 23, 2018, resulting in permanent partial disability of 13% and need for further medical treatment.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Labor Code
Labor Code
Applied to injury and disability findings
From the decision · page 1Defendant California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation petitions for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact, Award and Orders issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on February 28, 2022. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant sustained cumulative injury to her right shoulder and elbow arising out of and in the course of her employment as a psychiatric technician by defendant during a period ending October 23, 2018, resulting in permanent partial disability of 13% and need for further medical treatment.
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