What the panel ordered
WCAB rescinded the WCJ's decision invalidating chiropractic QME panel and ordered parties to utilize chiropractic Panel Number 7479827
Petition for reconsideration filed by applicant challenging invalidation of QME panel specialty; WCJ decision rescinded and replaced by WCAB panel decision after reconsideration
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 that the party first requesting a QME panel has the legal right to designate the panel specialty and that chiropractic is a medically appropriate specialty for the disputed medical issues despite treatment limitations.
From the decision · page 54. A chiropractic panel is not medically or otherwise inappropriate to address the disputed medical issues for this claim.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant obtained chiropractic QME Panel Number 7479827 first.