What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied; April 17, 2019 Findings and Awards and Findings and Orders affirmed.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by applicant from April 17, 2019 Findings and Awards and Findings and Orders; WCJ prepared a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration recommending denial; Board granted reconsideration and issued Decision After Reconsideration affirming WCJ's determinations.
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.
Applicant failed to present medical evidence that his separate injuries were inextricably intertwined to justify a single combined permanent disability award; substantial medical evidence supported separate awards with apportionment.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
No medical opinion found that applicant's separate injuries were inextricably intertwined to justify a single combined permanent disability award.
Favours Defendant prevailed