What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; WCJ's Findings and Award amended to defer average weekly wage, temporary disability indemnity rate, EDD lien, and attorneys' fees pending further record development; award of temporary disability deleted; future medical treatment and medical-legal cost reimbursement awarded.
Applicant sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Award of September 27, 2024, which was granted by the WCAB on December 30, 2024, amending the decision to defer issues pending 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 WCJ erred in calculating the average weekly wage by dividing total payments by 52 weeks instead of 36 weeks, and the record was insufficient to determine the correct wage and indemnity rate. The WCAB granted reconsideration and deferred these issues for further development of the record.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Payroll journal payments covered a 36 week period, not 52 weeks as used by WCJ in wage calculation.