What the panel ordered
Reconsideration granted; WCJ decision affirmed as amended to add § 5412 date of injury of August 14, 2023 and to find claim not barred by post-termination defensep. 1
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of WCJ's October 16, 2024 Findings of Fact and Order finding injury AOE/COE, no post-termination bar, and no statute of limitations bar
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold November 29, 2023.
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.
AOE/COEApplicant prevailedlumbar spine · bilateral shoulders · bilateral hips · bilateral knees · bilateral hands · right elbow · bilateral wrists
Opinions of PTP Dr. Moelleken and PQME Dr. Lyon constitute substantial medical evidence supporting industrial causation
From the decision · page 5Moelleken and panel qualified medical evaluator (PQME) Valerie Lyon, M.D., to be substantial medical evidence which supports the finding of injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment (AOE/COE).