What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; Findings and Order of February 10, 2026, rescinded; new Findings substituted finding injury AOE/COE; all other issues deferred.
Lien claimant Medland Medical Tustin sought reconsideration of the Findings and Order issued on February 10, 2026, by the WCJ, which denied injury AOE/COE. The WCJ issued a Report and Recommendation to deny the petition, but the Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the F&O, and substituted a new Findings of Fact finding injury AOE/COE and deferring all other issues.
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 Appeals Board found that applicant sustained injury AOE/COE based on applicant's credible account, Dr. Haghighinia's medical opinion linking the injury to work, and the lack of contradictory evidence from defendant's witness who was not present at the injury.
From the decision · page 8We now turn to the issue of whether lien claimant met the burden to show injuryn AOE/COE.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.