What the panel ordered
The January 20, 2022 Amended Findings, Award and Orders were rescinded and the matter was remanded to the WCJ to consider the Compromise and Release and conduct further proceedings as appropriate.
Petitions for reconsideration of the Amended Findings, Award and Orders issued by the WCJ on January 20, 2022, were granted to further study the factual and legal issues, leading to a commissioners' settlement conference and filing of a Compromise and Release on December 22, 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.
The Board granted reconsideration to further study the factual and legal issues and ultimately rescinded the prior decision and remanded the matter for further proceedings.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Favours neutral
This led to the Board granting reconsideration and further proceedings.
The parties filed a fully executed Compromise and Release on December 22, 2023, with applicant's right to further medical treatment left open.